NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: O'NEIL-SHAW v THE QUEEN [2010] NSWCCA 42
HEARING DATE(S): 15 December 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 10 March 2010
JUDGMENT OF: Basten JA at 1; Howie J at 40; Johnson J at 41
(1) Grant the applicant leave to appeal. DECISION: (2) Allow the appeal and quash the sentence imposed on the applicant by the District Court on 10 March 2009. (3) Remit the matter to the District Court for resentencing of the applicant by a Court differently constituted.
CATCHWORDS: APPEAL – criminal – sentence – denial of procedural fairness – remittal necessary where fact-finding miscarried – remittal to sentencing court differently constituted – Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 6(3), 12(2) - CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – factors affecting sentence – malicious infliction of grievous bodily harm – moral culpability of offender – relevance of nature of relationship with victim – Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 27 - EVIDENCE – weight and sufficiency of evidence – uncontradicted evidence – whether rejection constitutes denial of procedural fairness - WORDS & PHRASES – "moral culpability"
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 27, 33 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 6, 12
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Ali v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2008] NSWCA 183 Anderson v R [2008] NSWCCA 211 Chow v Director of Public Prosecutions (1992) 28 NSWLR 593 Edwards v R [2009] NSWCCA 199 GAS v The Queen [2004] 217 CLR 198 Histollo Pty Limited v Director General of National Parks and Wildlife Service (1998) 45 NSWLR 661 HSH Hotels (Australia) Limited v Multiplex Constructions Pty Limited [2004] NSWCA 302 CASES CITED : Livesey v New South Wales Bar Association [1983] 151 CLR 288 Malvaso v The Queen [1989] HCA 58; 168 CLR 227 MWJ v The Queen [2005] HCA 74; 80 ALJR 329 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v O'Neill [1979] 2 NSWLR 582 R v Palu [2002] NSWCCA 381; 134 A Crim R 174 R v SWC [2007] VSCA 201; 175 A Crim R 71 Tarrant v R [2007] NSWCCA 124 TKWJ v The Queen [2002] HCA 46; 212 CLR 124
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