Hunt v R [2017] NSWCCA 305

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hunt v R [2017] NSWCCA 305 Hearing dates: 9 October 2017 Decision date: 08 December 2017 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Adamson J at [20]; Bellew J at [83] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal.

(2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – alleged non-compliance with s 44(2A) of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) by pronouncing non-parole period first – error purely technical and of no operative effect or practical significance

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – legislative history of s 44(2A) – significance of order in which components of sentence pronounced – formal requirement that aggregate sentence be pronounced first

CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – alleged failure to regard applicant's temporary mental illness as a significant mitigating factor – weight to be given to factors to be determined by sentencing judge – no error demonstrated Legislation Cited: Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW), s 13 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 44, 45, 48, 50, 53A, 54B; Pt 4, Div 1 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61, 93GA, 114, Firearms Act 1996 (NSW), ss 7, 36 Sentencing Act 1989 (NSW), s 5 Cases Cited: Adelaide Stevedoring Co Ltd v Forst (1940) 64 CLR 538 Aslan v R [2014] NSWCCA 114 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Director of Public Prosecutions v Darcy-Shillingsworth [2017] NSWCCA 224 Eid v R [2008] NSWCCA 255 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Musgrove v R [2007] NSWCCA 21; (2007) A Crim R 424 Ngati v R [2014] NSWCCA 125 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 R v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 R v GDR (1994) 35 NSWLR 376 R v Gower (1991) 56 A Crim R 115 R v Hampton (1998) 44 NSWLR 729 R v Smith [2005] NSWCCA 19 The Queen v Kilic [2016] HCA 48; (2016) 91 ALJR 131 Wilmot v R [2007] NSWCCA 278 Texts Cited: New South Wales Legislative Council, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 23 November 2010, 27866-27871 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dennis Henry Hunt (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Game SC/A Bonnor (Applicant) T Smith (Respondent)