NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Russell v R [2010] NSWCCA 248
HEARING DATE(S): 22/09/10
JUDGMENT DATE: 11 November 2010
JUDGMENT OF: Campbell JA at 1; Latham J at 2; Price J at 3
DECISION: (i) Leave to extend time to appeal be granted. (ii) Leave to appeal against sentence be granted. (iii) Appeal against sentence allowed in the following respect: Quash the sentence imposed for count 2. In lieu thereof, sentence the applicant to imprisonment with a non-parole period of 7 years to commence on 4 April 2009 and expiring on 3 April 2016 with a balance of term of 2 years to commence on 4 April 2016 and expiring on 3 April 2018. (iv) In all other respects confirm the sentences imposed by the Judge. The earliest date on which the applicant will be eligible for release to parole is 3 October 2016.
CATCHWORDS: Criminal law - appeal - sentencing - whether error in commencement date of sentence - whether error in taking into account breach of parole - whether totality considered - whether Fernando principles taken into account - whether applicant sentenced on basis of preventative detention - whether manifestly excessive
Crimes Act 1900 s 61I, 61L, s 61J, 61J(2)(b), 61J(2)(g) LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 6(3) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 45(1), 44(2)
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Amacha v R; R v Amacha [2010] NSWCCA 180 Gillon v R [2009] NSWCCA 277 Hejazi v R [2009] NSWCCA 282 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Musgrove v R (2007) 167 A Crim R 424 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v AJP (2004) 150 A Crim R 575 R v Cheh [2009] NSWCCA 134 R v Daley [2010] NSWCCA 223 R v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 R v Dunn [2007] NSWCCA 312 CASES CITED : R v El-Hayek (2004) 144 A Crim R 90 R v Fernando (1992) 76 A Crim R 58 R v Gebrail (Court of Criminal Appeal, 18 November 1994, unreported) R v Hibberd [2009] 194 A Crim R 1 R v Johnson [2004] NSWCCA 140 R v King [2009] NSWCCA 117 R v Knight; R v Biuvanua (2007) 176 A Crim R 338 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 SGJ v R; Ku v R [2008] NSWCCA 258 Veen v R (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Wakefield v R [2010] NSWCCA 12
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