DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NSW) v LOMBARD [2008] NSWCCA 110

Reported Decision: 184 A Crim R 565

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NSW) v LOMBARD [2008] NSWCCA 110

HEARING DATE(S): 23 April 2008

JUDGMENT DATE: 27 May 2008

JUDGMENT OF: Basten JA at 1; Barr J at 35; Buddin J at 36

DECISION: Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – requirements for an appeal by Director of Public Prosecutions – specification of grounds of appeal – Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s 5D(1) – Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW) r 23E - SENTENCING – discounts – advantages and risks of arithmetical deduction –mitigating factors – contrition and remorse – weaknesses in Crown case – Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) s 21A(3) - SENTENCING – manifest inadequacy – tailoring the length of a sentence to permit a favoured order – reliability of cases with "similar sentences"

Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 33 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 6, 21A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5D(1) Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW), rr 23C, 23E

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 Mulato v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 282 CASES CITED : R v MAK; R v MSK [2006] NSWCCA 381; 167 A Crim R 159 Regina v Deng [2007] NSWCCA 216 Regina v Dickinson [2004] NSWCCA 457 Regina v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17

PARTIES: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Appellant) Daniel Lombard (Respondent)

FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/15906

COUNSEL: J Dwyer (Appellant) G A Farmer (Respondent)

SOLICITORS: S Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Appellant) C H Watson (Respondent)