NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: R v Hookey; Cooper and Dates [2009] NSWCCA 252
HEARING DATE(S): 22 September 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 30 September 2009
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJatCL at 1; Buddin J at 2; Hall J at 37
DECISION: Crown appeal in each instance is dismissed
CATCHWORDS: Criminal law - sentencing - Crown appeal - escape from lawful custody and related offences - "special circumstances" - manner in which sentences structured - application of the principle of totality
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Arnaout v R [2008] NSWCCA 278 Clare v R (2008) 181 A Crim R 450 Johnson v the Queen (2004) 78 ALJR 616 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Pearce v The Queen (1988) 194 CLR 610 CASES CITED : R v Close (1992) 65 A Crim R 55 R v Horne [2004] NSWCCA 8 R v Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 R v Robinson [2000] NSWCCA 182 R v Simpson (1992) 61 A Crim R 58 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Thomson NSWCCA unrep'd 21 May 1986
Regina PARTIES: Darren Hookey Leigh Cooper Stephen Dates
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2009/3670; 2009/3680; 2009/3671
M Grogan (Crown) (Appellant) COUNSEL: J Stratton SC (Respondent Hookey) R Burgess (Respondent Cooper) J Watts (Respondent Dates)
SOLICITORS: S Kavanagh (Solicitor for Public Prosecutions) S O'Connor (Solicitor Legal Aid Commission) (Respondents)
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