R v Kollas and Mitchell [2002] NSWCCA 491

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Kollas and Mitchell [2002] NSWCCA 491 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60421/02, ; 60511/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 19/11/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 November 2002

Regina PARTIES : Robbie Ashley Kollas Nathan James Mitchell JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1, 34,52, 54; Wood CJ at CL at 2, 36; Greg James J at 35, 53

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/11/0322; 01/11/0321 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Coorey DCJ; Hosking DCJ OFFICER :

DC Frearson (Crown) COUNSEL : R J Perrington (Respondent Kollas) A C Haesler (Applicant Mitchell) S E O'Connor (Crown) SOLICITORS : Humphreys and Feather (Kollas) D J Humphreys (Mitchell) CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Appeals against inadequacy of sentence - Enter dwelling with intent to commit a serius indictable offence (affray) in circumstantces of aggravation - plea of guilty - Crown appeal allowed (Kollas) - Appeal dismissed (Mitchell). LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Justices Act 1902 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 74 ALJR 1538 Griffiths v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR 293 Lowe v The Queen (1985) 154 CLR 606 Pearce v The Queen (1988) 194 CLR 610 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 R v Alpass (1993) 72 A Crim R 561 R v Anderson NSWCCA 25 March 1993 CASES CITED: R v Dodd (1991) 56 A Crim R 349 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Ilbay [2000] NSWCCA 251 R v Kollas [2002], NSWCCA 15 Regina v Richards [1981] 2 NSWLR 464 R v Rushby [1977] 1 NSWLR 594 R v Sharma [2002] NSWCCA 142 R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v WHS NSWCCA, 6 April 1995 DECISION : Kollas: Crown appeal allowed. The sentence below is quashed. In lieu thereof, the respondent is sentenced to imprisonment for five years and six months, to date from 16 March 2002, and to expire on 15 September 2007. Sentnece to be served partially concurrently with, and partially cumulatively upon, the pre-existing sentence. I would fix a non parole period of three years and three months to date from 16 March 2002 and to expire on 15 June 2005, that being the earliest date on which the respondent would be released to parole.; Mitchell: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.