NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Darrigo v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 9
HEARING DATE(S): 15 December 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 5 February 2007
JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; Howie J at 2; Price J at 3
DECISION: (i) Leave to appeal granted; (ii) Appeal allowed, sentence imposed in the District Court quashed; (iii) In lieu thereof the applicant be sentenced to a non-parole period of 4 years and 6 months commencing on 23 March 2005 and expiring on 22 September 2009 and a balance of term of 1 year and 6 months expiring on 22 March 2011.
CATCHWORDS: Criminal Law - sentencing - aggravated indecent assault - relevance of prior similar offending - undiscounted starting point of sentence - standard non-parole period - application of s 44 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act
Crimes Act 1900 s 61M (2) LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 21A, s 21A (2), s 21 A(2)(d), s 21A (4), s 44, s 44(2), s 54A(2), s 54B
Ibbs v The Queen (1987) 163 CLR 447 MLP v R [2006] NSWCCA 271 R v AJP (2004) 150 A Crim R 575 R v Lynn [2004] NSWCCA 222 R v Moffit (1990) 20 NSWLR 114 R v M.A.K, R v M.S.K. [2006] NSWCCA 381 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242 CASES CITED: R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534 R v Skaf [2005] NSWCCA 297 R v Sutton [2004] NSWCCA 225 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131 R v Waqa (No 2) [2005] NSWCCA 33 R v Westerman [2004] NSWCCA 161
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