Calhoun (a pseudonym) v R [2018] NSWCCA 150

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Calhoun (a pseudonym) v R [2018] NSWCCA 150 Hearing dates: 18 June 2018 Date of orders: 25 July 2018 Decision date: 25 July 2018 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Basten JA at [2]; Price J at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against sentence is granted.

(2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – sentence appeal – assault with intent to rob armed with an offensive weapon causing grievous bodily harm – discharge firearm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm – specially aggravated take and detain for advantage – special circumstances – accumulation – whether the sentencing judge erred by failing to have regard to the effect of accumulating wholly the sentence to be imposed upon a pre-existing sentence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 33A, 86, 98, 154A, 154F, 195 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 44 Cases Cited: Abdelmeseeh v R [2016] NSWCCA 312 Caristo v R [2011] NSWCCA 7 GP v R [2017] NSWCCA 200 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Maglovski v R [2014] NSWCCA 238 R v Simpson (1992) 61 A Crim R 58 Stoeski v R [2014] NSWCCA 161 SZ v R [2007] NSWCCA 19; 168 A Crim R 249 Tuivaga v R [2015] NSWCCA 145 Wakefield v R [2010] NSWCCA 12 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Calhoun (a pseudonym) (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Lange (Applicant) S Dowling SC (Respondent)