Wootton v R [2014] NSWCCA 86

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Wootton v R [2014] NSWCCA 86 Hearing dates: 13 May 2014 Decision date: 21 May 2014 Before: Gleeson JA at [1] RA Hulme J at [2] Campbell J at [3] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal granted; 2. Appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - appeal against sentence - natural justice - procedural fairness - whether finding that gun crimes are on the rise without giving an opportunity to make submissions on the point constituted a denial of procedural fairness

CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - appeal against sentence - whether no evidence to support the finding that gun crimes are becoming increasingly prevalent Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 112 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6 Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen; Zirilli v The Queen [2014] HCA 2; El Masri v R [2014] NSWCCA 13; House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; Nguyen v R; Phommalysack v R (2011) 31 VR 673; [2011] VSCA 32; R v H (1980) 3 A Crim R 53; R v House [2005] NSWCCA 88; R v MacNeil-Brown (2008) 20 VR 677; [2008] VSCA 190; Trajkovski v The Queen [2011] VSCA 170 WCB v The Queen (2010) 2 VR 483 Category: Principal judgment Parties: David Wootton (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G Brady (Applicant) T Smith (Respondent) Solicitors: Nyman Gibson Stewart (Applicant) Solicitors for Public Prosecution (Respondent) File Number(s): 2010/294414 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2013-01-31 00:00:00 Before: English DCJ File Number(s): 2010/294414