R v Sukkar [2011] NSWCCA 140

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sukkar [2011] NSWCCA 140 Hearing dates: 30 March 2011 Decision date: 24 June 2011 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Simpson J at [1], Davies J at [2] and Grove AJ at [59] Decision: (1) Appeal allowed. (2) Quash the sentence imposed by Judge Wells SC. In lieu, the Respondent is sentenced to a non-parole period of 10 months commencing 6 August 2010 expiring 5 June 2011 with balance of term of 2 years and 2 months to expire on 5 August 2013. Since the Respondent has already been released to parole it is not necessary to make the order under s 50(1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - sentencing procedure - factual basis for sentence - facts found not to be inconsistent with jury verdict - joint criminal enterprise - different roles by co-offenders - manifest inadequacy of sentence - approach where offender already released on parole - increase in head sentence. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: GAS v The Queen (2004) 217 CLR 198 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45 Johnson v R; Moody v R [2010] NSWCCA 124 R v Cheung [2010] NSWCCA 244 R v Everett (1994) 181 CLR 295 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; 46 NSWLR 346 R v Hernando (2002) 136 A Crim R 451 R v Hoschke [2001] NSWCCA 317 R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209 R v JW [2010] NSWCCA 49 R v Price [2004] NSWCCA 186 R v Ronald John Pilley (1991) 56 A Crim R 202 R v Swan [2006] NSWCCA 47 R v Tsoukatos & Kyroglou [1999] NSWCCA 106 Regina v Darwiche & Ors [2006] NSWSC 1167 Regina v Rick Barry Swan [2006] NSWCCA 47 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Joseph Simon Sukkar (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: J Pickering (Applicant) J Van Aalst (Respondent) J Hertz (Applicant) Legal Aid Commission (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/42155 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2010-11-26 00:00:00 Before: Wells DCJ File Number(s): 2009/42155