ELYARD v. REGINA [2006] NSWCCA 43

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: ELYARD v. REGINA [2006] NSWCCA 43

HEARING DATE(S): Tuesday 17 January 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 6 March 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Basten JA at 1; Howie J at 38; Hall J at 46

DECISION: Application for leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: Criminal law - appeal against sentence - aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm - applicant drove through a red light a collided with a pedestrian - ingestion of a combination of drugs - discount for guilty plea - guideline judgment in Jurisic - prospects of rehabilitation - sentencing judge rejected expressions of remorse without evidentiary basis of genuineness - aggravating features were elements of the offence - error in sentencing process

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED: Road Transport (General) Act 1999 Road Transport (General) Act 2005 Criminal Appeal Act 1912

R v Way (2004 60 NSWLR 168 R v Berg [2004] NSWCCA 300 R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209 R v McMillan [2005] NSWCCA 28 R v Ancuta [2005] NSWCCA 275 R v Aslan [2005] NSWCCA 121 Application by the Attorney General under s.37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act for a Guideline Judgment Concerning the Offence of High Range Prescribed Concentration of Alcohol [2004] NSWCCA 303 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 CASES CITED: Douar v R [2005] NSWCCA 455 R v Tadrosse [2005] NSWCCA 145 R v JBD [2005] NSWCCA 102 R v Pearson [2005] NSWCCA 116 R v Youkhana [2004] NSWCCA 412 R v Solomon [2005] NSWCCA 158 R v Whyte (2002) 55 NSWLR 252 R v Thomson & Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 AB v The Queen (1999) 198 CLR 111 R v Johnson [2005] NSWCCA 186