NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 168 A Crim R 237
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Walsh v Regina; Little v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 406
HEARING DATE(S): 15 August 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 15 December 2006
JUDGMENT OF: McColl JA at 1; Grove J at 2; James J at 70
DECISION: Leave to Appeal Against Sentence ; Appeals Dismissed
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - SENTENCE - MULTIPLE SERIOUS OFFENCES - INTER ALIA COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF AMPHETAMINES - LIFE SENTENCES AVAILABLE - POSSESSION OF WEAPONRY - ATTEMPT TO STEAL ATM WITH VEHICLES STOLEN FOR THAT PURPOSE - EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL OF CRIMINALITY - SUBSTANTIAL BUT NOT INDETERMINATE SENTENCES IMPOSED - NO ERROR BY SENTENCING JUDGE NOR MISCARRIAGE OF SENTENCING DISCRETIONS
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Drug Misuse & Trafficking Act 1985 Firearms Act 1996 Weapons Prohibition Act 1998
Markarian v The Queen [2005] 79 ALJR 1068 Olbrich v The Queen (1999) 199 CLR 270 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 CASES CITED: R v Garforth, unrep, NSWCCA 23 May 1994 R v Kalache [2000] NSWCCA 2 R v Ngo [2003] NSWCCA 82 R v Redwood, unrep NSWCCA 19 March 1992 R v Simpson (2001) NSWLR 704
PARTIES: Richard James Walsh v Regina Todd Douglas Little v Regina
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2005/2418; 2006/617
A. Francis (Apt: Walsh) COUNSEL: J. Stratton SC (Apt: Little) N. Noman (Crown/Respondent)
SOLICITORS: Legal Aid Commission (Apts) S. Kavanagh (Public Prosecutions)
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