Passaris v R [2011] NSWCCA 216

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Passaris v R [2011] NSWCCA 216 Hearing dates: 6 July 2011 Decision date: 26 September 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Bathurst CJ at 1 Hall J at 21 Harrison J at 64 Decision: 1.Grant leave to appeal. 2.Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - where sentencing judge erroneously failed to have regard to the provisions of the Criminal Case Conferencing Trial Act 2008 - no miscarriage of the exercise of the sentencing discretion - leave to appeal granted - appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Criminal Case Conferencing Trial Act 2008 Criminal Case Conferencing Trial Regulation 2008 Cases Cited: Blazevski v Judges of the District Court of New South Wales (1992) 29 ALD 197 Chompeay v R [2011] NSWCCA 96 Do v R [2010] NSWCCA 182 Greer v R [2011] NSWCCA 40 Ibbs v The Queen [1987] HCA 46; (1987) 163 CLR 447 LJ v R [2010] NSWCCA 289 Marlow v R [1990] Tas R 1 Maxwell v The Queen [1996] HCA 46; (1996) 184 CLR 501 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; (2009) 52 MVR 528 R v Palu [2002] NSWCCA 381; (2002) 134 A Crim R 174 S v Recorder of Manchester [1971] AC 481 Tran v R [2010] NSWCCA 183 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jack Passaris (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: S Corish (Applicant) V Lydiard (Respondent) Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales (Applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/7835 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Before: Sorby DCJ File Number(s): 2009/7835