R v Reilly; R v Smith [2012] NSWCCA 166

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Reilly; R v Smith [2012] NSWCCA 166 Hearing dates: 28 June 2012 Decision date: 13 August 2012 Before: Basten JA Price J S. G Campbell J Decision: Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - sentencing - co-offenders in a 'ram raid' - whether sentencing judge failed to apply a discount for utilitarian value of pleas of guilty - whether Smith's sentence was manifestly excessive - whether sentencing judge failed to give Smith credit for pre-sentence custody - whether sentencing judge erred in the manner in which he took Form 1 matters into account - parity - whether sentencing judge failed to take into account Reilly's lack of significant previous convictions - whether Reilly had a justifiable sense of grievance - re-sentence. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 s 112(2), s 113(2), s 154F, s154G, s 195(1)(b) Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Devine v R [2009] NSWCCA 261 Dinsdale v R [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321 Forbes v R [2009] NSWCCA 292 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; (2011) 244 CLR 462 Hili v R; Jones v R [2010] HCA 45; (2010) 242 CLR 520 House v R [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; (2009) 195 A Crim R 1 R v De Simoni [1981] HCA 31; (1981) 147 CLR 383 R v English [2000] NSWCCA 245 R v Ilbay [2000] NSWCCA 251; R v Kollas and Mitchell [2002] NSWCCA 491 R v Lawrence [2005] NSWCCA 91 R v McHugh (1985) 1 NSWLR 588 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242; (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Timmis [2003] NSWCCA 158 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Beau Alexander Smith Steven John Reilly Crown Representation: Mr I Nash (applicant Reilly) Mr W Hunt (applicant Smith) Ms M Cinque (respondent) File Number(s): 2010/279129 2010/254838 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2011-07-28 00:00:00 Before: Black DCJ File Number(s): 2010/279129 2010/254838