NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision: 191 A Crim R 53
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Van Haltren v R [2008] NSWCCA 274
HEARING DATE(S): 12 September 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 21 November 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Allsop P at 1; Johnson J at 2; Price J at 92
DECISION: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - Applicant an undischarged bankrupt - identity crime - opening accounts in false names - operating accounts in false names - obtaining credit without disclosing bankruptcy - possess false Commonwealth document with intent to use dishonestly - use false instrument - persistent course of deception over three-and-a-half years - Applicant motivated by greed - whether insufficient discount allowed for assistance to authorities - whether inadequate discount allowed for pleas of guilty - whether sentences were manifestly excessive - importance of general and personal deterrence - maintenance of integrity of bankruptcy laws - element of planning and sophistication in use of false identities - no error established - sentences not manifestly excessive - appeal dismissed
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 (Cth) Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
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