Regina v Hamieh [2010] NSWCCA 189

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Regina v Hamieh [2010] NSWCCA 189

HEARING DATE(S): 5 July 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 25 August 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Kirby J at 1; Johnson J at 1

DECISION: 1. Appeal allowed; 2. Quash the sentence imposed by the sentencing judge and in lieu thereof order the respondent is sentenced to a term of imprisonment comprising a non-parole period of 2 years commencing on 14 May 2010 and concluding on 13 May 2012 with a balance of term of 12 months commencing on 14 May 2012 and concluding on 13 May 2013.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – car rebirthing – Crimes Act 1900, s 154G - CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – objective seriousness of offence – scale of objective seriousness – obligation to state where on the scale of objective seriousness an offence lies - CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – periodic detention – need for general deterrence - CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – manifestly inadequate sentence – whether an order for periodic detention fulfils purposes of punishment - CRIMINAL LAW – plea of guilty – Regina v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131 (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 – common law requirement to state reasons for departing from the standard non-parole period

Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Amendment (Organised Car and Boat Theft) Act 2006 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Firearms Act 1996

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

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