NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: R v Craig John DREW [2007] NSWCCA 331
HEARING DATE(S): 22 October 2007
JUDGMENT DATE: 3 December 2007
JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Hidden J at 2; Harrison J at 3
DECISION: Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – Crown appeal against inadequacy of sentence – conviction on several counts of robbery with offensive weapon - concurrence and accumulation of custodial sentences - totality principle – whether similar offences committed over short period of time should attract totally concurrent sentences – whether accumulation of sentences adequately reflect seriousness of crimes – unusual subjective features demonstrated - no miscarriage of sentencing discretion shown – appeal dismissed
Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912
Pearce v The Queen [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Basha [2003] NSWCCA 36; (2003) 138 A Crim R 245 R v Cotter [2003] NSWCCA 273 R v Hammoud [2000] NSWCCA 540; (2000) 118 A Crim R 66 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 CASES CITED: R v Jones [2004] NSWCCA 432 R v KM [2004] NSWCCA 65 R v Swadling [2004] NSWCCA 421 R v Tortell and Tsegay [2007] NSWCCA 313 R v Wall [2002] NSWCCA 42 R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131; (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 R v Webster [2005] NSWCCA 110 R v Wheeler [2000] NSWCCA 34
PARTIES: Regina (Appellant) Craig John Drew (Respondent)
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