Beale v R [2015] NSWCCA 120

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Beale v R [2015] NSWCCA 120 Hearing dates: 20 May 2015 Date of orders: 29 May 2015 Decision date: 29 May 2015 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] R A Hulme J at [2] Beech-Jones J at [6] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal be granted; and

(2) The appeal be dismissed. Catchwords: SENTENCE APPEAL – two serious home invasions – seven offences – aggregate sentence imposed – whether sentencing judge attributed "moral responsibility" for all acts of participants in joint criminal enterprise to the applicant – approach to sentencing where evidence does not enable differentiation between participants in joint criminal enterprise – risk of institutionalisation – special circumstances – whether sentencing judge erred in not finding special circumstances even though applicant institutionalised – totality – alleged error in failing to have adequate regard to totality – whether aggregate sentence manifestly excessive.

HELD: no error shown – leave to appeal granted but appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: - Crimes Act 1900 – s 86; s 97, s 105A, s 112, s 113, s 154F, s 195A - Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 – s 44, s 53A Cases Cited: - AB v R [2014] NSWCCA 31 - Behman v R [2014] NSWCCA 239 - Cullen v R, [[2014] NSWCCA 162 - House v R [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 - Jackson v R [2010] NSWCCA 162 - Jinnette v R [2012] NSWCCA 217 - JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297 - KR v R [2012] NSWCCA 32 - Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 - Martin v R [2014] NSWCCA 124 - Mill v R [1988] HCA 70; 166 CLR 59 - Pearce v R [1998] HCA 57; 194 CLR 610 - PD v R [2012] NSWCCA 242 - R v Brown [2012] NSWCCA 199 - R v Carter [2003] NSWCCA 243 - R v JW [2010] NSWCCA 49 - R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270 - R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 - R v Sukkar [2011] NSWCCA 140 - R v Tuuta [2014] NSWCCA 40 - R v Wright [2009] NSWCCA 3 - RL v R [2015] NSWCCA 106 - SHR v R [2014] NSWCCA 94 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dwayne Beale – Applicant Director of Public Prosecutions – Respondent Representation: Counsel: C.J. Bruce SC – Applicant Ms S. Dowling SC – Respondent