Imbornone v R [2017] NSWCCA 144

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Imbornone v R [2017] NSWCCA 144 Hearing dates: 19 June 2017 Date of orders: 05 July 2017 Decision date: 05 July 2017 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL [1] R A Hulme J [2] Wilson J [10] Decision: 1. Refuse leave to advance ground 1. 2. Otherwise grant leave to appeal but dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – sentencing – offences of aggravated break, enter and commit serious indictable offence – reckless wounding in company – assault occasioning actual bodily harm – steal from person – breach bond – guilty pleas entered - question of sufficiency of evidence of remorse in absence of evidence from applicant – untested assertions to third party relied upon – principles that apply to untested statements - relevance of mental illness to sentencing exercise Legislation Cited: Butters v R [2010] NSWCCA 1 DPP (Commonwealth) v De La Rosa (2010) 205 A Crim R 1; (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Munro v R [2006] NSWCCA 350 Pfitzner v R [2010] NSWCCA 314 R v Elfar [2003] NSWCCA 358 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Harrison (2002) 121 A Crim R 380; [2001] NSWCCA 79 R v McGourty [2002] NSWCCA 335 R v Palu (2002) 134 A Crim R 174 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 Srikantharajah v R [2012] NSWCCA 209 Van Zwam v R [2017] NSWCCA 127 Cases Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Peter Imbornone (applicant) Regina (respondent Crown) Representation: Counsel: Mr H. Maarraoui (applicant) Mr N. Adams (respondent Crown)