REGINA v KB; REGINA v JL; REGINA v RJB [2011] NSWCCA 190

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: REGINA v KB; REGINA v JL; REGINA v RJB [2011] NSWCCA 190 Hearing dates: 12 July 2011 Decision date: 02 September 2011 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Buddin J [88]; Harrison J at [89] Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - whether sentences are manifestly inadequate - whether sentences reflect the objective gravity of the crimes - whether weight given to principle of general deterrence - whether error in allowing full utilitarian discount for the pleas Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900, ss 66C(2), 61HA(2), 61HA(3), 51HA(6), 61J Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001, s 68A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 3A, 9, 12 Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s 5D Cases Cited: Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321 Gore v R; Hunter v R [2010] NSWCCA 330 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; (2010) 85 ALJR 195 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Lowndes v The Queen [1999] HCA 29; (1999) 195 CLR 665 Mirza v R [2007] NSWCCA 248 MLP v R [2006] NSWCCA 271; (2006) 164 A Crim R 93 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 R v Agnew, Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, unreported 6 December 1990 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; (2009) 195 A Crim R 1 R v Button; R v Griffen [2002] NSWCCA 159; (2002) NSWLR 455 R v Carroll [2010] NSWCCA 55; (2010) 77 NSWLR 46 R v De Simoni [1981] HCA 31; (1981) 147 CLR 383 R v JW [2010] NSWCCA 49; (2010) 77 NSWLR 7 R v KNL [2005] NSWCCA 260; (2005) 154 A Crim R 268 R v McClymont, Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, unreported 17 December 1992 R v NJK [2011] NSWCCA 151 R v Priestley, Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, unreported 3 June 1997 R v Rushby [1977] 1 NSWLR 594 R v Schwenke [2004] NSWCCA 289 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Stambolis [2006] NSWCCA 56; (2006) 160 A Crim R 510 R v T (1990) 47 A Crim R 29 R v Tak Fat Wong [1999] NSWCCA 420; (1999) 48 NSWLR 340 R v Thomson & Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Woodland [2007] NSWCCA 29 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; (2001) 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Appellant) RJB (First Respondent) KB (Second Respondent) JL (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel D Arnott SC (Appellant) G Corr (First Respondent) D Carroll (Second Respondent) S Kluss (Third Respondent) Solicitors Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Appellant) MacLean Curtis & Daly Solicitors (First Respondent) Lyons Barnett Kennedy Solicitors (Second Respondent) Vince Boss and Associates (Third Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/236010; 2009/236007; 2009/236008 Publication restriction: Publication restriction on name of complainant. Publication restriction on names of respondents Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2011-03-11 00:00:00 Before: Williams DCJ File Number(s): 2009/236010; 2009/236007; 2009/236008