R v Smith, Jarad [2016] NSWCCA 75

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Smith, Jarad [2016] NSWCCA 75 Hearing dates: 28 April 2016 Decision date: 28 April 2016 Before: McCallum J at [1]; R A Hulme J at [2]; Schmidt J at [81] Decision: Crown appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Crown appeal against sentence – aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death – two counts – Crimes Act 1900 s 52A(2) – whether sentence manifestly inadequate – guilty pleas – further offence of failure to stop and assist taken into account – high objective seriousness and moral culpability – general deterrence of particular importance – favourable subjective circumstances – consideration of comparable cases and statistics confirms sentence within range – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 52A(2), 52AB(1) Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) s 68A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3A, 44(2B) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s 5D Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) Ch 7 Pt 7.4 Div 1, s 206A Cases Cited: Berg v R [2004] NSWCCA 300 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1; 168 A Crim R 41 CMB v Attorney General for New South Wales [2015] HCA 9; 317 ALR 308 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; 79 NSWLR 1 Gommesen v R [2012] NSWCCA 226 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 244 CLR 520 Lawrence v R [2007] NSWCCA 349 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 Munda v State of Western Australia [2013] HCA 38; 249 CLR 600 R v GWM [2012] NSWCCA 240 R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209 R v JW [2010] NSWCCA 49; 77 NSWLR 7 R v McKeown [2013] NSWDC 22 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 R v Morrow [2009] NSWDC 78 R v Pevy [2004] NSWCCA 414 R v Skrill [2002] NSWCCA 484 R v Smith [2005] NSWCCA 19 R v Whyte [2002] NSWCCA 343; 55 NSWLR 252 R v Wright [2013] NSWCCA 82; 229 A Crim R 245 Skocic v R [2014] NSWCCA 225 Spark v R [2012] NSWCCA 140 Wong v The Queen; Leung v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Appellant) Jarad Michael Smith (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms M Cinque SC (Crown) Mr H Dhanji SC (Respondent)