Regina v Hooper [2004] NSWCCA 10

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Hooper [2004] NSWCCA 10 HEARING DATE(S) : 17 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 February 2004

JUDGMENT OF : James J at 1; Howie J at 70; Smart AJ at 71 DECISION : See para 69

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Appeal - Sentence - Armed Robbery - The Queen v De Simoni - Parity in Sentencing LEGISLATION CITED : s 44(2) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act. Crimes Act The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 at 389; R v Booth (unrep) CCA 12 November 1993); R v Channells (unrep) CCA 30 September 1997); CASES CITED : R v JB [1999] NSWCCA 93; R v Hector [2003] NSWCCA 196; R v Young [2003] NSWCCA 276; R v Quatami (2001) 127 A Crim R 369; Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; PARTIES : Regina v Stephen Ronald Hooper FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60379/03 COUNSEL : (A) D T Spears (R) D M L Woodburne SOLICITORS : (A) P White (R) S Kavanagh

LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 02/11/0665 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Berman DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL

060379/03 JAMES J HOWIE J SMART AJ

Wednesday, 11 February 2004 REGINA v Steven Ronald HOOPER Judgment

1 JAMES J: Steven Ronald Hooper has applied for leave to appeal against sentences imposed on him in the District Court on 13 December 2002 by his Honour Judge Berman S.C. 2 On 4 November 2002 a joint trial of the applicant and of an alleged co-offender Dennis John Adams had been fixed to commence in the District Court before Judge Berman. The indictment proposed to be presented at the joint trial contained a large number of counts.