NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: LEACH v THE QUEEN [2008] NSWCCA 73
HEARING DATE(S): 5 December 2007
JUDGMENT DATE: 1 April 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Basten JA at 1; Hidden J at 22; Barr J at 52
(1) Grant leave to appeal.
DECISION: (2) Allow the appeal and quash the sentence passed by Hulme J on 27 April 2007.
(3) In lieu thereof the applicant is sentenced to imprisonment for 6 years, comprising a non-parole period of 3 years and 6 months, commencing on 15 July 2005 and expiring on 14 January 2009, and a balance of term of 2 years and 6 months, commencing on 15 January 2009 and expiring on 14 July 2011.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL APPEAL – appeal against sentence – exercise of sentencing discretion – when appellate intervention warranted – demonstration of error or manifest excess - NON-PUBLICATION ORDER – child victim deceased at time of proceedings – Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) s 11 - SENTENCING – appeal against sentence – manifestly excessive – manslaughter of child – applicant with intellectual disability – anxiety – depression – effect of intellectual disability on assessment of moral culpability – effect of intellectual disability on assessment of general and specific deterrence – consideration of prior offences – previous good character – good prospects of rehabilitation
Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW), s 11 LEGISLATION CITED: Constitution (Cth), s 73 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5, 5D, 6
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Courtney v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 195; 172 A Crim R 371 DB v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 27; 167 A Crim R 393 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 The Queen v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; 16 VR 269; 169 A Crim R 581 R v Blacklidge (12 December 1995 unreported) R v Elliott; R v Blessington [2006] NSWCCA 305; 68 NSWLR 1 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 CASES CITED : R v PP [2003] VSCA 100; 142 A Crim R 369 R v Rowe [2007] NSWSC 300 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Storey [1998] 1 VR 359 R v Trevenna [2004] NSWCCA 43 R v Woodland [2001] NSWSC 416 Regina v Hoerler [2004] NSWCCA 184; 147 A Crim R 520 Skinner v The King (1913) 16 CLR 336 Webb v O'Sullivan [1952] SASR 65 Whittaker v The King (1928) 41 CLR 230
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