Pizzimenti v R [2017] NSWCCA 231

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Pizzimenti v R [2017] NSWCCA 231 Hearing dates: 24 May 2017 Decision date: 27 September 2017 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1] Hoeben CJ at CL at [2] McCallum J at [3] Decision: Leave to appeal refused Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – sentence – whether manifestly excessive – plaintiff pleaded guilty to 13 child sexual assault offences – whether sentencing judge erred in not specifying which indicative sentences to be served concurrently and which to be accumulated and to what degree when imposing aggregate sentence Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 44(2), 53A Cases Cited: Kerr v R [2014] NSWCCA 235 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 PWB v Regina (2011) 216 A Crim R 305; [2011] NSWCCA 84 R v Brown [2012] NSWCCA 199 R v Ellis (1986) NSWLR 603 R v Nykolyn [2012] NSWCCA 219 R v SJH [2010] NSWCCA 32 R v Smith [2003] NSWCCA 353 Category: Principal judgment Parties: David Pizzimenti (applicant) Regina (respondent) Representation: Counsel: G Gillett (applicant) S Dowling (respondent) Solicitors: Macedone Legal (applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (respondent) File Number(s): 2015/177510 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court NSW Jurisdiction: Crime Date of Decision: 19 July 2016 Before: Bennett SC DCJ