HENNESSY, Michael John v R [2012] NSWCCA 241

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: HENNESSY, Michael John v R [2012] NSWCCA 241 Hearing dates: 02/10/2012 Decision date: 21 November 2012 Before: McClellan CJ at CL at [1] Rothman J at [2] Adamson J at [55] Decision: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - sentence - requirement to fix appropriate sentence for each offence and then consider questions of accumulation or concurrence - accumulation and concurrence - relevance of capacity to deal with charge summarily - manifest excess and totality - appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Australian Passports Act 1938 (Cth) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code (Cth) Cases Cited: Dinsdale v R [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321 Green v R; Quinn v R [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 Jimmy v R [2010] NSWCCA 60; (2010) 77 NSWLR 540 Johnson v R [2004] HCA 15; (2004) 78 ALJR 616 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Pearce v R [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Grenfell [2009] NSWCCA 162 R v Leighton [2010] NSWCCA 280 R v Vuni [2006] NSWCCA 171 Wong v R [2001] HCA 64; (2001) 207 CLR 584 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael John Hennessy (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Cook (Appellant) A N Williams (Respondent) Solicitors: Legal Aid Commission of NSW (Appellant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2010/90370 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2011-04-21 00:00:00 Before: Cogswell DCJ File Number(s): 2010/90370