NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: REGINA v. GODDEN [2005] NSWCCA 160
HEARING DATE(S): Friday 8 April 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 29 April 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Hunt AJA at 1; Grove J at 2; Hall J at 3
DECISION: Application for leave to appeal against sentence granted. Appeal allowed and sentence imposed in the District Court quashed. In lieu thereof, the applicant is sentenced, taking into account the offence on the Form 1, to imprisonment for two years and two months, commencing on 10 June 2004 and expiring on 9 August 2006, with a non-parole period of one year and three months, commencing on 10 June 2004 and expiring on 9 September 2005. The appellant ordered released to parole on 9 September 2005.
CATCHWORDS: Sentencing - appeal against sentence - sentencing in cultivation cases - severity of sentence - whether sentence was unduly harsh - apparently excessive sentence - personal or subjective factors.
Drug (Misuse & Trafficking) Act 1985 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912
Summerville (CCA, unreported 9 September 1993) Westropp (CCA, unreported 14 April 1993) Daoulas (CCA, unreported 28 October 1993) Field (CCA, unreported 3 May 1996) Downie & Dandy (Victorian Court of Appeal, unreported 27 June 1997) CASES CITED: Puke (CCA, unreported 12 September 1997) Osenkowski (1982) 5 A. Crim. R. 394 Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 Clark (CCA, unreported 15 March 1990) Dopson (CCA, unreported 10 April 2003
REGINA v. PARTIES: GODDEN, Earl Robert
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