R v Finnie (No. 2) [2004] NSWCCA 150

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Finnie (No. 2) [2004] NSWCCA 150 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/04/2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 May 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Dunford J at 2; Howie J at 3 DECISION : The application is refused.

CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law and Procedure - Proceedings after sentence - Application to re-open sentencing proceedings - whether sentence imposed after Crown appeal was contrary to law - whether new material indicates that court acted erroneously when determining the commencement date of the sentence - extent of jurisdiction to re-open sentencing proceedings. Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - ss 43, 50(1) Periodic Detention of Prisoners Act 1981 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 - Div 2 of Schedule 5 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - ss 19, 24 Sentencing Act (WA) - s 37 Sentencing Act (NT) - s 112 Penalties and Sentences Act (QLD) - s 188 R v Finnie [2002] NSWCCA 533 Finnie v The Queen [2003] HCATrans 401 R v Finnie [1999] NSWCCA 329 R v Petrou (NSWCCA, 13 February 1990, unreported) Tolmie (1994) 72 A Crim R 416 Ho v DPP (1995) 37 NSWLR 393 CASES CITED : Traegar v Pires de Albuquerque (1997) 18 WAR 432 Shortland v Heath [1977] WAR 61 Melville v The Queen (1999) 150 FLR 296 Siganto v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 656 Staats v R (1999) 123 NTR 16 R v McMahon [2002] QCA 18 Erceg v District Court of NSW [2003] NSWCA 379 PARTIES : Regina v Sydney Thomas Finnie FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60437/02 COUNSEL : P. Power SC - Crown P. Byrne SC - Applicant SOLICITORS : S. Kavanagh - Crown J. Rea - Applicant