Jansen v Regina [2013] NSWCCA 301

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Jansen v Regina [2013] NSWCCA 301 Hearing dates: 8/7/2013 Decision date: 03 December 2013 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Price J at [2]; Campbell J at [3] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence appeal - guilty plea to one count of misconduct in public office - further offences on Form 1 - related offences on s166 Certificate - whether applicant has a justifiable sense of grievance as a result of disparity between his sentence and sentence imposed upon co-offender - whether sentencing judge erred in failing to consider maximum penalties for relevant statutory offences as a reference point or guide to the imposition of sentence - whether sentence manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Police Act 1990 (NSW) Cases Cited: Blackstock v Regina [2013] NSWCCA 172 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; 243 FLR 28 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Lowndes v The Queen [1999] HCA 29; 195 CLR 665 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 R v Farrell (unreported) District Court of NSW, 13th February 2013 R v Hokin, Burton and Peisley (1922) 22 SR (NSW) 280 R v Hughes (unreported), District Court of NSW, 28th March 2013 R v Jaturawong [2011] NSWCCA 168 R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222 Shum Kwok Sher v HKSAR (2002) 5 HKCFAR 381 Thompson-Davis v R [2013] NSWCCA 75 Wong v R [2001] HCA 64; 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Steve Phillip Jansen (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: P Hamill SC (Applicant) T Smith (Crown) Solicitors: Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2011/84572 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2012-06-05 00:00:00 Before: Judge Sides QC File Number(s): 2011/84572