Regina v Whelan [2004] NSWCCA 379

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Whelan [2004] NSWCCA 379 HEARING DATE(S) : 29 October 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 October 2004

JUDGMENT OF : McClellan AJA at 1,33,35; Adams J at 34; Smart AJ at 2 DECISION : See paras 31 and 32

CATCHWORDS : Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm - evidence to support judge's finding of minimal culpability as to offender's driving - suspended sentence permissible - two stage process involved with suspended sentence - non-parole period to be fixed LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Dinsdale v R (2000) 202 321 at [79] GAS v The Queen, SJK v The Queen [2004] HCA32 at [30] R v Jurisic 45 NSWLR 209 CASES CITED : R v Blackman [2001] NSWCCA 121 R v Tolley [2004] NSWCCA 165 R v Whyte 55 NSWLR 252 R v Zamagias[2002] NSWCCA 17 at [27] PARTIES : Regina v Andrew Thomas Whelan FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 2004/1813 COUNSEL : (A] H Dhanji (C) B Knox SC SOLICITORS : (A) S O'Connor (C) S Kavanagh

LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 04/11/0451 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT McLoughlin DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL

04/1813 McCLELLAN AJA ADAMS J SMART AJ F riday , 29 O ctober 2004

Regina v Andrew Thomas WHELAN

JUDGMENT

1. McCLELLAN AJA: I will ask Smart AJ to deliver the first judgment. 2. SMART AJ: The Director of Public Prosecutions appeals against a sentence of imprisonment for two years suspended pursuant to s 12 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 upon conditions imposed upon the offender for the offence of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.