R v Jaafar

[1998] VSCA 112

SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA

COURT OF APPEAL Not Restricted

No. 132 of 1998

THE QUEEN

v

THOMAS JAAFAR

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JUDGES:	BROOKING, PHILLIPS and CHARLES, JJ.A.
WHERE HELD:	MELBOURNE
DATE OF HEARING:	17 November 1998
DATE OF JUDGMENT:	17 November 1998
MEDIA NEUTRAL CITATION:	[1998] VSCA 112

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Criminal law - Sentence - Attempted armed robbery.

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APPEARANCES:	Counsel	Solicitors
For the Crown	Mr R.A. Elston	P.C. Wood, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions
For the Applicant	In person

BROOKING, J.A. (delivering the judgment of the Court):

1. Mr Jaafar, we are all of us glad to read that you are intent on rehabilitating yourself for the future, and we hope you will stay moving in that direction, but I am afraid to say that there is nothing which we can do for you. What has happened since you have been in prison is not relevant to us in considering whether the judge has made a mistake. Having regard to all the circumstances, including your previous convictions, we simply cannot say that the judge went wrong in giving you the sentence which he gave you. Therefore we must, and we now do, dismiss your application.

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