NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision: 198 A Crim R 549
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: McIntyre v R [2009] NSWCCA 305
HEARING DATE(S): 4 December 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 18 December 2009
JUDGMENT OF: Macfarlan JA at 1; Blanch J at 2; Johnson J at 3
DECISION: 1. Leave to appeal granted. 2. Appeal against sentence dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - pleas of guilty - assault occasioning actual bodily harm under s.59 Crimes Act 1900 - assault police officer in execution of duty under s. 58 Crimes Act 1900 - breach of De Simoni principle concerning s.58 offence - injury caused by assault impermissibly taken into account in assessing objective seriousness of s. 58 offence - relevance of availability of summary disposal - vulnerable victim of s.59 offence - significance of general deterrence on sentence for assault against police - whether sentences manifestly excessive - appeal dismissed
Crimes Act 1900 Summary Offences Act 1988 LEGISLATION CITED: Mental Health Act 2007 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 R v Hooper [2004] NSWCCA 10 R v Knight (1988) 35 A Crim R 314 Fitzgerald v Kennard (1995) 38 NSWLR 184 Mikhael v Conroy (Finlay J, 6 December 1990, unreported, BC9002962) Lake Macquarie City Council v Morris (2005) 63 NSWLR 263 Secretary, Department of Health and Community Services v JWB and SMB (Marion's Case) [1991]-[1992] 175 CLR 218 Collins v Wilcock [1984] 1 WLR 1172 R v Overall (1993) 71 A Crim R 170 R v Lardner (NSWCCA, 10 September 1998, unreported, BC9804715) R v Cameron [1983] 2 NSWLR 66 Li v R [2005] NSWCCA 442 CASES CITED : R v Abboud [2005] NSWCCA 251 R v Thorpe (NSWCCA, 17 December 1992, unreported, BC9201406) Barton v R [2009] NSWCCA 285 Edwards v R [2009] NSWCCA 199 R v Crombie [1999] NSWCCA 297 R v Gent (2005) 162 A Crim R 29 McCullough v R [2009] NSWCCA 94 Nguyen v R [2009] NSWCCA 283 Markarian v The Queen [2005] 228 CLR 357 Re Attorney General's Application Under Section 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) (No. 2) of 2002 (2002) 137 A Crim R 196 R v McNaughton (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v MAK and MSK (2006) 167 A Crim R 159 R v Hamid (2006) 164 A Crim R 179
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