R v AJP [2004] NSWCCA 434

Reported Decision : 150 A Crim R 575

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v AJP [2004] NSWCCA 434 revised - 17/02/2006 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 November 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 December 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J at 1; Adams J at 41; Howie J at 55 DECISION : (i) Crown appeal allowed; sentence quashed; (ii) in lieu thereof the respondent be sentence to imprisonment with a non-parole period of two and a half years to commence on 11 June 2004, and a balance of term of two and a half years. The non-parole period will expire on 10 December 2006 and the total sentence on 10 December 2009.

CATCHWORDS : Crown appeal - plea of guilty - single s66A offence - subjective circumstances - remarks on sentence - applicable sentencing regime - application of Part 4 Division 1A - whether the offence was in the mid range of objective seriousness - additional offence - plea of guilty to a more serious charge than originally faced - protective custody Crimes Act 1900, s66A LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Part 3, Division 3, Part 4 Division 1A, s3A, s21A, s54A, s54B Crimes Act, s51M(2) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure ) Amendments (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002 Ibbs v The Queen (1987) 163 CLR 447 R v Davis [1999] NSWCCA 15 R v Durocher-Yvon [2003] NSWCCA 299 R v Mostyn [2004] NSWCCA 97 CASES CITED : R v GJ Davies [2004] NSWCCA 319 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; 49 NSWLR 383 R v Totten [2003]NSWCCA 207 R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131 The Queen v De Simoni [1981] HCA 31; 147 CLR 383 PARTIES : Crown - Appellant AJP - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 2004/1851 COUNSEL : P Miller - Crown R Hulme SC - Respondent SOLICITORS : S Kavanagh - Crown S O'Connor - Respondent