Lu v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 261

Reported Decision: 190 A Crim R 109

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Lu v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 261 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 24 September 2008

JUDGMENT DATE: 11 November 2008

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Hislop J at 1; Harrison J at 1

DECISION: 1. Leave to appeal against sentence granted; 2. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing for the offence of manslaughter by unlawful and dangerous act – revenge attack – long criminal history – exercise of discretion by trial judge – sentence within appropriate discretionary range - CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – totality – offender on conditional liberty at time of offence – accumulation of sentence on earlier sentence imposed for different offence – partial accumulation would not adequately reflect objective criminality of offence

LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900, ss 18, 24 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 3A, 21A(3)(i)

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Cahyadi v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 1; 168 A Crim R 41 Johnson v R [2004] HCA 15; (2004) 205 ALR 346 Lu v R [2007] NSWCCA 74 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mill v R [1988] HCA 70; (1988) 166 CLR 59 Pearce v The Queen [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 Postiglione v R [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Avakian [2003] NSWSC 1042 R v Buddle [2005] NSWCCA 82 R v Diab [2003] NSWSC 978 CASES CITED : R v Diab [2005] NSWCCA 64 R v Forbes [2005] NSWCCA 377; (2005) 160 A Crim R 1 R v Hoang [2004] NSWSC 205 R v Hung Duc Dang [2001] NSWCCA 321 R v Lewis [1999] NSWSC 131 R v MAK; R v MSK [2006] NSWCCA 381; 167 A Crim R 159 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242; (2006) 66 NSWLR 566; 163 A Crim R 381 R v Newman (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Barr J, 3 September 1997, unreported) R v Richards [1981] 2 NSWLR 464 R v Tran [1999] NSWCCA 109 R v WHS (NSWCCA, Hunt CJ, Smart and McInerney JJ, 27 March 1995, unreported)