NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 164 A Crim R 179
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: R v Hamid [2006] NSWCCA 302
HEARING DATE(S): 11 September 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 20 September 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Hunt AJA at 1; Johnson J at 2; Latham J at 154
DECISION: Crown appeal allowed, sentences increased (see paragraph 152 of judgment).
CATCHWORDS: SENTENCING - Crown appeal - domestic violence offences - pleas of guilty to multiple offences committed against three victims over eight-year period - offender with record for offences of violence - principles applicable in sentencing repeat domestic violence offenders - importance of specific and general deterrence - relevance of mental illness - whether sentence manifestly inadequate
Criminal Appeal Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Bail Act 1998
Attorney-General's Application Under Section 37 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (No. 1 of 2002) (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 R v Wall [2002] NSWCCA 42 R v Holder (1983) 3 NSWLR 245 R v Israil [2002] NSWCCA 255 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Hernando (2002) 136 A Crim 451 R v Glen (Court of Criminal Appeal, 19 December 1994, BC9403423) R v Rowe (1996) 89 A Crim R 467 R v Berry [2000] NSWCCA 451 R v Greene [2001] NSWCCA 258 R v Ross (Court of Criminal Appeal, 20 November 1996, unreported) R v Fahda [1999] NSWCCA 267 R v Edigarov (2001) 125 A Crim R 551 R v Dunn (2004) 144 A Crim R 180 R v Devine (Tasmanian Supreme Court, 5 July 1993, unreported) Parker v The Queen (Tasmanian Court of Criminal Appeal, 21 July 1994, BC9400423) Gallegos v R [1999] WASCA 191 CASES CITED: Ugle v R [2001] WASCA 268 Attorney-General for Tasmania v O [2004] TASSC 53 Osland v The Queen (1998) 197 CLR 316 John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited v Ryde Local Court (2005) 62 NSWLR 512 Vukic v Edgerton [2001] NSWCCA 2 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 Apps v R [2006] NSWCCA 290 R v Scognamiglio (1991) 56 A Crim R 81 R v Wright (1997) 93 A Crim R 48 Rigby v R [2006] NSWCCA 205 R v Morgan (1993) 70 A Crim R 368 Itaoui v R [2006] NSWCCA 273 R v Newell [2004] NSWCCA 183 R v Falls [2004] NSWCCA 335 R v KM [2004] NSWCCA 65 R v Knight (2005) 155 A Crim R 252 R v Weldon (2002) 136 A Crim R 55 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242
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