BAXTER v REGINA [2007] NSWCCA 237

Reported Decision: 173 A Crim R 284

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: BAXTER v REGINA [2007] NSWCCA 237

HEARING DATE(S): 19/07/2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 10 August 2007

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Kirby J at 20; Latham J at 82

DECISION: (1) The applicant be given leave to appeal; (2) The appeal be allowed; (3) The sentence imposed by Norrish DCJ on 28 April 2006 in respect of Count 1, including the accompanying Form 1, be quashed and, in lieu thereof, the applicant be sentenced as follows. On Count 1, taking account of the charges on the Form 1, to a non parole period of imprisonment for 3 years commencing on 27.2.2007 and expiring on 26.2.2010, the balance of the term being 3 years expiring on 26.2.2013; (4) The sentence imposed by Norrish DCJ on 28 April 2006 in respect of Count 2, including the accompanying Form 1, be confirmed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - misstatement of maximum penalty - whether material error - whether fresh evidence then admissible - re whether some other sentence warranted in law (s6(3)) - suggested inconsistency in decisiions of this Court - no inconsistency - evidence admissible - re-sentence.

Criminal Appeal Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED: Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Firearms Act 1996 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999

Douar v R [2005] NSWCCA 455; (2005) 159 A Crim R 154 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Johnson [2005] NSWCCA 186 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 Veen (No 2) v The Queen (1998) 164 CLR 465 CASES CITED: Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 79 ALJR 1048 Phillip Edward Smith v R [2007] NSWCCA 138 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Lauritsen (2000) 114 A Crim R 333 R v Israil [2002] NSWCCA 255 R v Bottin [2005] NSWCCA 254 R v Jeremy Paul Price [2005] NSWCCA 285 R v Tadrosse (2005) 65 NSWLR 740; [2005] NSWCCA 145 R v Burke [2002] NSWCCA 353