Regina v Alameddine [2004] NSWCCA 286

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Alameddine [2004] NSWCCA 286 HEARING DATE(S) : 3/8/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 September 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Wood CJ at CL at 2; Hulme J at 102 DECISION : Leave to appeal refused.

CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - armed robbery in company - theft of handguns - whether sentence manifestly excessive - whether justifiable grievance in relation to sentence of co-offender. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 - s 97(2) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 98 A Crim R 134 R v AEM [2002] NSWCCA 58 R v Daridis NSWCCA 18 December 1986 R v Donovan [2003] NSWCCA 324 R v Bertoncello NSWCCA 5 November 1997 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 107 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Hosche [2001] NSWCCA 317 R v Lawson [2000] NSWCCA 214 CASES CITED : R v McCarroll [1999] NSWCCA 237 R v Moratti NSWCCA 31 July 1995 R v Nevermann (1989) 43 A Crim R 347 R v Palu [2002] NSWCCA 381 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 R v Readman (1990) 47 A Crim R 181 R v Rushby [1977] 1 NSWLR 594 R v Tran [1999] NSWCCA 109 R v Simpson (2001) 126 A Crim R 525 R v Watego [2001] NSWCCA 236 R v Welsh (1996) 90 A Crim 364 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 140 A Crim R 184 PARTIES : Regina Mohamed Alameddine FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60151/04 COUNSEL : B Knox SC (Crown) R Burgess (App) SOLICITORS : S Kavanagh S E O'Connor