Regina v Ryan [2003] NSWCCA 202

Reported Decision : 141 A Crim R 403

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Ryan [2003] NSWCCA 202 HEARING DATE(S) : Thursday 3 July 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 July 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Ipp JA at 1; Grove J at 2; Shaw J at 69 DECISION : APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE ALLOWED; APPELLANT RESENTENCED

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - AGGRAVATED DANGEROUS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH - SENTENCE - LEAVING SCENE OF COLLISION - FURTHER OFFENCE ON FORM 1 - AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE PUNISHMENT - ASSERTION OF POTENTIALLY MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCE BY OFFENDER - NOTICE IF SOUGHT TO BE CONTROVERTED - PRIOR OTHERWISE GOOD CHARACTER - OBSERVATION OF SENTENCING PATTERNS LEGISLATION CITED : s70 Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Act 1999 s21A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 In Re The Attorney General's Application No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518 Lowe v The queen 1984 154 CLR 606 Pearce v The Queen 1998 194 CLR 610 R v Black, unreported CCA 23 July 1998 R v Bloomfield 1998 44 NSWLR 734 R v Cousins [2002] NSWCCA 81 R v Jurisic 1998 45 NSWLR 209 R v Kalanj, unreported CCA 18 December 1997 CASES CITED : R v McKinney, unreported CCA 10 March 1999 R v Rayne [2002] NSWCCA 309 R v Reeves [1999] NSWCCA 269 R v Sen [1999] NSWCCA 199 R v Tadman [2001] NSWCCA 225 R v Vukic [2003] NSWCCA 12 R v Whyte 2002 55 NSWLR 252 R v Woodward [2001] NSWCCA 90 Ryan v The Queen 2001 206 CLR 267 The Queen v Olbrich 1999 199 CLR 270 PARTIES : Regina v. Damian James Ryan FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60082/03 COUNSEL : D.M.L. Woodburne (Crown) I. Lloyd QC (Applicant) SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor (Crown) D.J. Humphreys (Applicant)