WW v R [2012] NSWCCA 165

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: WW v R [2012] NSWCCA 165 Hearing dates: 30 July 2012 Decision date: 09 August 2012 Before: Hoeben JA; at [1] Johnson J; at [92] Button J; at [93] Decision: Leave to appeal is granted. The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence appeal - driving in a manner dangerous occasioning the death of a person and failing to stop after occasioning the death of a person - whether open to sentencing judge to make findings of fact adverse to offender - whether contents of psychological report properly taken into account - whether offender's youth properly taken into account - whether guideline judgment in Regina v Whyte properly taken into account - whether sentences individually and in total manifestly excessive. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Cases Cited: Aoun v R [2011] NSWCCA 284 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; 243 FLR 28 Hedges v Regina [2011] NSWCCA 263 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; 244 CLR 120 Preston v Regina [2011] NSWCCA 25 Regina v Errington [2005] NSWCCA 348; 147 A Crim R 553 R v AB [2011] NSWCCA 229 R v Gardiner [2004] NSWCCA 365 R v Khatter [2000] NSWCCA 32 R (Cth) v Petroulias (No 36) [2008] NSWSC 626 R v Scott [1999] NSWCCA 233 R v Shumack [2008] NSWCCA 313; 191 A Crim R 513 Regina v Whyte [2002] NSWCCA 343; 33 NSWLR 202 R v Woodland [2007] NSWCCA 29 Regina v Berg [2004] NSWCCA 300 TG v Regina [2010] NSWCCA 28 Category: Principal judgment Parties: WW - Applicant Regina - Respondent Crown Representation: Counsel: Mr S Odgers SC - Applicant Ms J Girdham - Respondent Crown Solicitors:Legal Aid of NSW - Applicant S Kavanagh - Solicitor for Public Prosecutions - Respondent Crown File Number(s): 2009/230937 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2011-04-19 00:00:00 Before: Conlon DCJ File Number(s): 2009/230937