FS v R [2009] NSWCCA 301

Reported Decision: 198 A Crim R 383

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: FS v R [2009] NSWCCA 301

HEARING DATE(S): 17 November 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 18 December 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Campbell JA at 1; Howie J at 2; Rothman J at 3

(i) Leave to appeal the sentence, imposed in this matter, on 12 August 2008, be granted;

DECISION: (ii) The sentence imposed by the District Court on 12 August 2008, in this matter, be quashed;

(iii) In lieu of the sentence imposed, the applicant be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 10 years, with a non-parole period of 6 years and 8 months, commencing 12 July 2007 and expiring on 11 March 2014. The applicant is first eligible for release on 11 March 2014.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – discount for plea of guilty and assistance – onerous gaol conditions determinant of range – misapplication of principle by a sentencing judge – appeal granted – re-sentenced

LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

AB v R (1999) HCA 46; [1999] 198 CLR 111 Cameron v R [2002] HCA 6; (2002) 209 CLR 339 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 R v Bugeja [2001] NSWCCA 196 R v Gallagher (1991) 23 NSWLR 220 R v M [2005] NSWCCA 224 CASES CITED : R v Pang [1999] NSWCCA 4; (1999) 105 A Crim R 474 R v Sukkar [2006] NSWCCA 92; (2006) 172 A Crim R 151 R v Thomson and Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 SZ v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 19 Wong v R [2001] HCA 64; (2001) 207 CLR 584 York v R [2005] HCA 60; (2005) 225 CLR 466; (2005) 79 ALJR 1919