Regina v Hamze [2004] NSWCCA 423

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Hamze [2004] NSWCCA 423 revised - 23/02/2005 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 October 2005 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 November 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJ at CL at 1; McClellan AJA at 2; Smart AJ at 46 DECISION : 1. Crown appeal allowed; 2. Sentence below set aside; 3. In lieu, sentence the respondent to imprisonment for three and a half years to commence on 30 October 2005 and to expire on 30 April 2009; 4. Set a non-parole period of one year and three months to date from 30 October 2005 to expire on 30 January 2007 which will be his earliest parole release eligibility date.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE: - accessory to a charge of malicious wounding in company - crime organised from withiin prison - whether sentence manifestly inadequate - remorse - delay - previous convictions - special circumstances and non-parole period LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 35(2), s 346, s 86 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) s 50 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 175 ALR 315 Everett v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 295 R v Bavadra (2000) 115 A Crim R 152 R v Bezan [2004] NSWCCA 342 CASES CITED : R v Blanco (1999) 106 A Crim R 303 R v Shankley [2003] NSWCCA 253 R v Thompson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Wall [2002] NSWCCA 42 Veen v R (No 2) (1998) 164 CLR 465 PARTIES : Regina (Crown) Iash Hamze (Resp) FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60278/04; 2004/1815 COUNSEL : E Wilkins (Crown) A Francis (Resp) SOLICITORS : S Kavanagh (Crown) S O'Connor (Resp)