NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: R v Mark Anthony HALLS [2008] NSWCCA 251 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 8 October 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 3 November 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; Kirby J at 2; Hislop J at 57
DECISION: Crown appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: Criminal Practice & Procedure - Crown appeal - offence malicious damage to a house by fire - intellectual disability of offender - whether the damage "substantial" s 21A(2)(g) aggravating offence - whether criminal record a matter of aggravation - discount for late plea in potentially lengthy trial (20%) - error but discretion not to intervene.
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
R v Youkhana [2004] NSWCCA 412 R v Solomon [2005] NSWCCA 158; (2005) 153 A Crim R 32 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Chisari [2006] NSWCCA 19 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Thomson & Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 CASES CITED : House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 R v Hayes [2001] NSWCCA 358 R v Rushby [1977] 1 NSWLR 594 R v Nolan (unreported, CCA, 03.02.94) R v Priest [2000] NSWCCA 27 R v Allpass (1993) 72 A Crim R 561 R v Wall [2002] NSWCCA 42 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321
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