Hampton v R [2014] NSWCCA 131

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hampton v R [2014] NSWCCA 131 Hearing dates: 16 June 2014 Decision date: 18 July 2014 Before: Gleeson JA Johnson J Price J Garling J Bellew J Decision: 1.Leave to appeal is granted 2.The appeal is dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - Sentence - Where applicant sentenced for offences of robbery in company and steal from person - Where applicant had spent a period of 2 months in custody bail refused in respect of offences for which he was discharged at committal - Where such period unrelated to offending for which he was to be sentenced - Relevance of that issue on sentence - Whether previous line of authority wrong and should not be followed

CRIMINAL LAW - Sentence - Offences of robbery in company and steal from person - victims followed by applicant on a bus then assaulted and robbed - Need for general deterrence - Sentence not manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; 87 ALJR 1022 Green v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 Huntingdon v R [2007] NSWCCA 196 Jimmy v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 60 Kerr v R [2008] NSWCCA 201 R v Arnold [1993] 30 NSWLR 73 R v Baartman (NSWSC, Dunford J, 18 December 1988, unreported) R v Chung (NSWCCA, 9 March 1994, unreported) R v David (NSWCCA, 20 April 1995, unreported) R v Evans (NSWCCA, 21 May 1992, unreported) R v Giam (No. 2) [1999] NSWCCA 378 R v Hampton [2004] NSWSC 1215 R v Hudd (NSWCCA, 5 December 1995, unreported) R v Johns [1978] 2 NSWLR 259 R v JW [2010] NSWCCA 49; 77 NSWLR 7 R v Karageorge [1999] NSWCCA 213 R v Kelly [2005] NSWCCA 280; 155 A Crim R 499 R v Mai (1992) 26 NSWLR 371 R v Niass (NSWCCA, 16 November 1988 unreported) R v NZ [2005] NSWCCA 278; 63 NSWLR 628 R v Rozynski [2001] NSWCCA 257 R v Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 R v Renzella [1997] 2 VR 88 R v Thompson [2005] NSWCCA 340; 156 A Crim R 467 R v Tuuta [2014] NSWCCA 40 R v Webster and Jones (NSWCCA, 3 August 1992, unreported) Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44; 223 A Crim R 460 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nicholas Allan Hampton - Applicant Regina - Respondent Representation: Counsel: P Wass SC - Applicant N Adams SC - Crown Solicitors: Legal Aid New South Wales - Applicant S Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions - Respondent File Number(s): 2012 / 375697 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2013-06-07 00:00:00 Before: Judge McClintock SC