Regina v Berg [2004] NSWCCA 300

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Berg [2004] NSWCCA 300 revised - 4/03/2005 HEARING DATE(S) : 25/08/2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 August 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 37, 50; Wood CJ at CL at 47; Howie J at 1 DECISION : Leave to appeal is granted and the appeal is allowed. Judge Phelan's orders are quashed and in lieu thereof the applicant is sentenced by way of a non-parole period of two years and three months to commence on 19 December 2003 and to expire on 18 March 2006, the date upon which the applicant is eligible to be released to parole. The balance of that term of imprisonment is one year and nine months to commence on 19 March 2006.

CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Sentencing - Dangerous driving causing death - Application of s 21A of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act - relevance of inpact of death of the deceased - whether R v Previtera should be reconsidered. Crimes Act 1900 -s 52A(2) LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1995 - ss 3A(g), 21A(2), 21A(4), 28, 52A Road Transport Safety and Traffic Management Road Rules 1999 - s 47B R v Whyte (2002) 55 NSWLR 252 R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131 CASES CITED : R v Wickham [2004] NSWCCA 193 Veen v The Queen (No. 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76 Re Attorney General's Application under s 32 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (No. 2 of 2002) (2002) 136 A Crim R 196 PARTIES : Regina v David Raymond Berg FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60319/04 COUNSEL : D. Frearson - Crown G. Bashir - Applicant SOLICITORS : S. Kavanagh - Crown S. O'Connor - Applicant