NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision: 195 A Crim R 173
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: R v Woods [2009] NSWCCA 55
HEARING DATE(S): 27 November 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 29 April 2009
JUDGMENT OF: Giles JA; Latham J; Mathews AJ
DECISION: Crown appeal allowed. Respondent resentenced.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - Crown appeal - 23 charges - majority sexual offences - three young victims - whether sentences manifestly inadequate - criminality involved - charges based on admissions of respondent - early plea of guilty - assistance to authorities
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Procedure Act 1986
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
KJH v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 189 MLP v R [2006] NSWCCA 271; 164 A Crim R 93 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v AJP [2004] NSWCCA 434 R v Burchell (1987) 34 A Crim R 148 CASES CITED : R v Cage [2006] NSWCCA 304 R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 R v Gorman (2002) 137 A Crim R 326 R v Kennedy [2000] NSWCCA 527 R v MMK [2006] NSWCCA 272 Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267;
PARTIES: Crown - Appellant Jacob Charles Woods - Respondent
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/7831
COUNSEL: J Girdham - Crown P Strickland SC - Respondent
SOLICITORS: S Kavanagh (Solicitor for Public Prosecutions) S O'Connor (Legal Aid Commission)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
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