NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : REGINA v HQ [2003] NSWCCA 336 HEARING DATE(S) : 31 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 October 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1, 57; O'Keefe J at 51; Greg James J at 52 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - attempt to strangle victim with intent to commit aggravated indecent assault - aggravated sexual intercourse without consent - weight to be given to circumstances of custody - relevance of psychiatric condition - existence of special circumstances - where non-parole period slightly higher than statutory proportion - whether error in partial accumulation of sentences - whether sentence manifestly excessive. Crimes Act 1900 ss 37, 61J LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 ss 21A, 44 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 6 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Bo Too (unreported, NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, Hunt CJ at CL, Handley JA and Badgery-Parker J, 16 July 1992) R v Brindley (1993) 66 A Crim R 204 CASES CITED : R v Fisher (1989) 40 A Crim R 443 R v GDR (1994) 35 NSWLR 376 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Totten [2003] NSWCCA 207 PARTIES : Regina (Respondent) HQ (Applicant) FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60233/03 COUNSEL : P Boulten SC (Applicant) D Howard (Respondent) SOLICITORS : S O'Connor (Applicant) C K Smith (Respondent)
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 02/31/0075 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT English DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
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