ADZIOSKI v R [2013] NSWCCA 69

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: ADZIOSKI v R [2013] NSWCCA 69 Hearing dates: 13 March 2013 Decision date: 05 April 2013 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL [1] Slattery J at [77] Bellew J at [78] Decision: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence appeal - attempted sexual intercourse, victim with a cognitive impairment - offender suffering from mental illness - whether sentencing judge assessed offender's moral culpability - need to adjust competing considerations in sentencing exercise - whether appropriate weight given to offender's mental illness - whether sentencing judge treated victim's vulnerability arising from her cognitive impairment as an aggravating feature - whether sentence manifestly excessive. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 - s61H(1A), s61J(1), s61O(1A) Cases Cited: Attorney-General's Application under section 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518; 56 NSWLR 146 Benitez v R [2006] NSWCCA 21; 160 A Crim R 166 Carroll v The Queen [2009] HCA 13; 83 ALJR 579 Cole v R [2010] NSWCCA 227 Courtney v R [2007] NSWCCA 195 Devaney v R [2012] NSWCCA 285 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; 205 A Crim R 1 Everett v R [1994] HCA 49; 181 CLR 295 Graham v R [2009] NSWCCA 212 Lowndes v R [1999] HCA 29; 195 CLR 665 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; 240 CLR 120 Papworth v R [2011] NSWCCA 253 R v Allpass [1993] 72 A Crim R 561 R v Burnett [2011] NSWCCA 276 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Wickham [2004] NSWCCA 193 R v Wright (1997) 93 A Crim R 48 Taylor v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 7 Veen v R (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; 164 CLR 465 Yang v R [2012] NSWCCA 49 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Steven Adzioski - Applicant Regina - Respondent Crown Representation: Counsel: Mr G Brady - Applicant Ms S Dowling - Respondent Crown Solicitors: Nyman Gibson Stewart - Applicant S Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions - Respondent Crown File Number(s): 2009/279776 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2012-04-05 00:00:00 Before: Zahra DCJ File Number(s): 2010/352037