Regina v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60700/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 15/02/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 February 2002

PARTIES : Regina v Billy Zamagias JUDGMENT OF : Hodgson JA at 1; Levine J at 2; Howie J at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/21/0080 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Karpin DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : R.A. Hulme - Crown T.C. Watts - Respondent SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor - Crown Burston, Cole & Co. - Respondent CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law and Procedure - Judgment and Punishment - Suspended sentence - when appropriate. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 - s 33 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - ss 5, 6, 7, 12, 77 Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349 H (1980) 3 A Crim R 53 Oliver (1980) 7 A Crim R 174 R v Geddes (1936) 36 SR(NSW) 554 R v Rushby [1977] 1 NSWLR 594 JCE (2000) 120 A Crim R 18 R v Foster [2001] NSWCCA 215 CASES CITED: R v Blackman and Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121 R v Wegener [1999) NSWCCA 405 R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209 R v T (NSWCCA 19 June 1995) R v Percy [1975] Tas SR 62 Stevens v Giersh (1976) 14 SASR 81 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 R v LRS [2001] NSWCCA 338 R v Saldaneri [2001] NSWCCA 480 DECISION : See para 44.