Andrew Smith v R [2013] NSWCCA 209

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Andrew Smith v R [2013] NSWCCA 209 Hearing dates: 8 August 2013 Decision date: 09 September 2013 Before: Leeming JA at [1] R A Hulme J at [2] Button J at [73] Decision: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL APPEAL - sentence appeal - aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence of intimidation - context of domestic violence considered an aggravating feature on sentence - no double counting despite offence of intimidation arising from certain features of domestic relationship - lack of planning or premeditation not significant mitigating feature - significance of committing offence while on conditional liberty - sentence not manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Domestic and Personal) Violence Act 2007 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bolt v R [2012] NSWCCA 50 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Palijan v R [2010] NSWCCA 142 R v Ball [2013] NSWCCA 126 R v Eckermann [2013] NSWCCA 188 R v Hamid [2006] NSWCCA 302; 164 A Crim R 179 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 Shaw v R [2008] NSWCCA 58 Waters v R [2007] NSWCCA 219 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 ZZ v R [2013] NSWCCA 83 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Andrew Smith (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms H Cox (Applicant) Ms S Dowling (Crown) Solicitors: Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd Solicitor for Public Prosecutions File Number(s): 2011/399231 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2012-09-12 00:00:00 Before: Marien SC DCJ File Number(s): 2011/399231