Jeffries v R [2008] NSWCCA 144

Reported Decision: 185 A Crim R 500

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Jeffries v R [2008] NSWCCA 144

HEARING DATE(S): 15 May 2008

JUDGMENT DATE: 26 June 2008

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Johnson J at 2; McCallum J at 112

DECISION: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - domestic violence offences - detain for advantage and cause actual bodily harm - detain for advantage - offences committed against offender's domestic partner and partner's teenage daughter - objectively serious offences - bad record for crimes of violence - offences committed whilst offender subject to bail and apprehended domestic violence order intended to protect partner - importance of specific and general deterrence - sentences not manifestly excessive

Crimes Act 1900 Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Crimes Amendment (Gang and Vehicle Related Offences) Act 2001 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

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