R v Colvin (No 2)
[2021] NSWDC 494
Citation 1
(Para 45)
…e negatively impacted by COVID-19 restrictions in custody. I have already sentenced a prisoner who caught COVID-19 in Parklea Gaol: R v Colvin (No 2) [2021] NSWDC 494. Another example is Mbele v R [2021] NSWCCA 182 , where it was noted that employment and access to psychologists and psychiatrists has ceased due to…
Mourtada v The Queen
[2021] NSWCCA 211
Citation 2
(Para 89)
…ty and protection and to bear in mind that short sentences were are not necessarily effective as a means of deterring further offending: Mourtada v R [2021] NSWCCA 211 at [25]. As should be obvious from my decision I am also of the view that community safety would best be served by the sentence being served subject…
Nasrallah v R
[2021] NSWCCA 207
Citation 3
(Para 68)
…11] HCA 39 at [54] & [58]; Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571: [2013] HCA 37at [40] and [45]; R v AWF (2000) 2 VR 1; [2000] VSCA 172; Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 at [12]; KT v R ; Clarke-Jeffries v R .…
R v Austin
[2021] NSWDC 440
Citation 4
(Para 27)
…2021 for a wounding with intent offence. The detain for advantage offence was taken into account on a Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Form 1: R v Austin [2021] NSWDC 440.…
Perrin v R
[2021] NSWDC 408
Citation 5
…flicted by the pandemic’s effects”: Worboyes v R [2021] VSCA 169; Chenhall v R [2021] VSCA 175: Authorities I cited with approval in Perrin v R [2021] NSWDC 408.…
Mbele v R
[2021] NSWCCA 182
Citation 6
(Para 45)
…in custody. I have already sentenced a prisoner who caught COVID-19 in Parklea Gaol: R v Colvin (No 2) [2021] NSWDC 494. Another example is Mbele v R [2021] NSWCCA 182 , where it was noted that employment and access to psychologists and psychiatrists has ceased due to COVID-19. And, as there is no longer any work fo…
Hoskins v R
[2021] NSWCCA 169
Citation 7
(Para 3)
…places that rarely lead to the rehabilitation of offenders. Incarceration has not proved an effective deterrent of anti-social behaviour: Hoskins v R [2021] NSWCCA 169, Basten JA at [4]. To the contrary, when young people are gaoled the evidence is that harsher prison conditions do not necessarily discourage future…
Chenhall v The Queen
[2021] VSCA 175
Citation 8
…NSWCCA 96 Blackman and Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121 BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571: [2013] HCA 37 Chenhall v R [2021] VSCA 175 Clarke-Jeffries v R [2019] NSWCCA 56 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cross v R [2019] NSWCCA 280 Davis v R [2006] NSWCCA 392 EF v R [2015] NSWCCA…
Worboyes v The Queen
[2021] VSCA 169
Citation 9
…67; [2001] HCA 21 Speechley v R [2012] NSWCCA 130 The Queen v Pham (2015] 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 Wany v R [2020] NSWCA 318 Worboyes v R [2021] VSCA 169 Yardley and Betts (1979) 22 SASR 108 Texts Cited: Does Imprisonment Deter? A Review of the Evidence , Sentencing Advisory Council Victoria, 2010 Significance o…
Wany v Director of Public Prosecutions
[2020] NSWCA 318
Citation 10
(Para 53)
…for a nuanced (“smart”) approach to rehabilitation than by the blunt tool of punishment and prevention by incarceration in all cases:” Wany v R [2020] NSWCA 318.…
Abel v R
[2020] NSWCCA 82
Citation 11
(Para 88)
…n the aggregate sentence: of the same length or under 3 years is imposed: R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 at [83]; Cross v R [2019] NSWCCA 280; Abel v R [2020] NSWCCA 82.…
Cross v R
[2019] NSWCCA 280
Citation 12
(Para 88)
…sentences exceeds 2 years in the aggregate sentence: of the same length or under 3 years is imposed: R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 at [83]; Cross v R [2019] NSWCCA 280; Abel v R [2020] NSWCCA 82.…
Howard v R
[2019] NSWCCA 109
Citation 13
…Engert v R (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Hoskins v R [2016] NSWCCA 157 Hoskins v R [2021] NSWCCA 169 Howard v R [2019] NSWCCA 109 Kennedy v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 260 KT v R [2008] NSWCCA 51 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mbele v R [2021] NSWCCA 182 Mourtada v R [2021] NSWCCA 2…
Clarke-Jeffries v R
[2019] NSWCCA 56
Citation 14
…1] NSWCCA 121 BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571: [2013] HCA 37 Chenhall v R [2021] VSCA 175 Clarke-Jeffries v R [2019] NSWCCA 56 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cross v R [2019] NSWCCA 280 Davis v R [2006] NSWCCA 392 EF v R [2015] NSWCCA 36 Engert v R (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 H…
R v Pullen
[2018] NSWCCA 264
Citation 15
(Para 76)
…it be served subject to intensive correction in the community. She drew my attention to what fell from the Court of Criminal Appeal in Pullen v R [2018] NSWCCA 264 at [89] and Hoskins [2021] at [4]. In essence she submits this is a case where the risk of re-offending is low and the prospects of rehabilitation are hi…
Robertson v R
[2017] NSWCCA 205
Citation 16
(Para 52)
…Act 2017 (NSW). And appellate courts have been at pains to say that the consistent application of principle is not a prescriptive rule: Robertson v R [2017] NSWCCA 205; EF v R [2015] NSWCCA 36.…
Hoskins v R
[2016] NSWCCA 157
Citation 17
(Para 71)
…is nothing so exceptional in this simple fact that of itself requires a non-custodial option: R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 at 515: Hoskins v R [2016] NSWCCA 157 at [63]. That said, any impact of a custodial sentence must be synthesised along with all other factors.…
R v Pham
[2015] HCA 39
Citation 18
…R [2017] NSWCCA 205 Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267; [2001] HCA 21 Speechley v R [2012] NSWCCA 130 The Queen v Pham (2015] 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 Wany v R [2020] NSWCA 318 Worboyes v R [2021] VSCA 169 Yardley and Betts (1979) 22 SASR 108 Texts Cited: Does Imprisonment Deter? A Review of the Evidence , Se…
EF v R
[2015] NSWCCA 36
Citation 19
(Para 52)
…ate courts have been at pains to say that the consistent application of principle is not a prescriptive rule: Robertson v R [2017] NSWCCA 205; EF v R [2015] NSWCCA 36.…
Barbaro v The Queen
[2014] HCA 2
Citation 20
(Para 55)
…past sentencing decisions: Robertson . However, each case and each offender is individual: Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58 at [74]:…
Munda v Western Australia
[2013] HCA 38
Citation 21
(Para 54)
…WN (NSW) 203 at 205; Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267; [2001] HCA 21; R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222; Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600: [2013] HCA 38. It is always necessary to consider the nature of the offence in question in each case and the relevant circumstances concerning the objective seriou…
Bugmy v The Queen
[2013] HCA 37
Citation 22
(Para 68)
…]; R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 at [69]; Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 at [54] & [58]; Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571: [2013] HCA 37at [40] and [45]; R v AWF (2000) 2 VR 1; [2000] VSCA 172; Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 at [12]; KT v R ; Clarke-Jeffries v R .…
R v Windle
[2012] NSWCCA 222
Citation 23
(Para 54)
…l deterrence or victim vindication aspects: R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 at 205; Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267; [2001] HCA 21; R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222; Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600: [2013] HCA 38. It is always necessary to consider the nature of the offence in question in each case a…
R v Speechley
[2012] NSWCCA 130
Citation 24
(Para 35)
…The aggravated offence was charged because of the force of numbers deployed against the victim: Speechley v R [2012] NSWCCA 130 at [60]. The law recognises that the combined impact of many offenders adds to the harm a victim may suffer. The presence and behaviour of the others added to the menace of the occasion and…
R v Millwood
[2012] NSWCCA 2
Citation 25
(Para 68)
…tellectual incapacity (often in combination) frequently precedes the commission of crime: Kennedy v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 260 at [53]; R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 at [69]; Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 at [54] & [58]; Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571: [2013] HCA 37at [40] and [45];…
Muldrock v The Queen
[2011] HCA 39
Citation 26
(Para 68)
…he commission of crime: Kennedy v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 260 at [53]; R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 at [69]; Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 at [54] & [58]; Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571: [2013] HCA 37at [40] and [45]; R v AWF (2000) 2 VR 1; [2000] VSCA 172; Nasrallah v R [2021] NSW…
Hili v The Queen
[2010] HCA 45
Citation 27
(Para 55)
…onsideration to the guidance offered by past sentencing decisions: Robertson . However, each case and each offender is individual: Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58 at [74]:…
Kennedy v R
[2010] NSWCCA 260
Citation 28
(Para 68)
…g as a victim of crime) and mental or intellectual incapacity (often in combination) frequently precedes the commission of crime: Kennedy v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 260 at [53]; R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 at [69]; Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 at [54] & [58]; Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CL…
BP v R
[2010] NSWCCA 159
Citation 29
…: Abel v R [2020] NSWCCA 82 Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58 Barlow v R [2008] NSWCCA 96 Blackman and Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121 BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571: [2013] HCA 37 Chenhall v R [2021] VSCA 175 Clarke-Jeffries v R [2019] NSWCCA 56 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (N…
R v Rayment
[2010] NSWCCA 85
Citation 30
(Para 30)
…es a risk that persuasive subjective considerations may cause inadequate weight to be given to the objective circumstances of the crime : R v Rayment [2010] NSWCCA 85 at [110; R v Dodd [1991] 57 A Crim R 349 at 354.…
Barlow v R
[2008] NSWCCA 96
Citation 31
(Para 40)
…g it. Motive, where an act of retaliation for a prior harm is unlikely to be repeated can indicate a lack of need for personal deterrence: Barlow v R [2008] NSWCCA 96 at [67] & [68]; Rayment v R [2010] NSWCCA 85 at [108]; R v Mitchell [2007] NSWCCA 296 at [31] & [32]; R v Swan [2006] NSWCCA 47. However, the more se…
KT v R
[2008] NSWCCA 51
Citation 32
(Para 67)
…eterrence and principles of retribution will be of less significance than they would be were I sentencing a mature adult for the same offence: KT v R [2008] NSWCCA 51.…
R v Mitchell; R v Gallagher
[2007] NSWCCA 296
Citation 33
(Para 40)
…can indicate a lack of need for personal deterrence: Barlow v R [2008] NSWCCA 96 at [67] & [68]; Rayment v R [2010] NSWCCA 85 at [108]; R v Mitchell [2007] NSWCCA 296 at [31] & [32]; R v Swan [2006] NSWCCA 47. However, the more serious the offence committed the less weight that can be given to motive as a mitigatin…
Davis v R
[2006] NSWCCA 392
Citation 34
(Para 31)
…The reason offences such as this are taken so seriously is because of the interference with a person’s liberty: Davis v R [2006] NSWCCA 392 at [56]. In assessing seriousness sentencing courts look to the; the period of the detention; the circumstances of the detention; who was being detained, and the purpose of the…
R v Swan
[2006] NSWCCA 47
Citation 35
(Para 40)
…eterrence: Barlow v R [2008] NSWCCA 96 at [67] & [68]; Rayment v R [2010] NSWCCA 85 at [108]; R v Mitchell [2007] NSWCCA 296 at [31] & [32]; R v Swan [2006] NSWCCA 47. However, the more serious the offence committed the less weight that can be given to motive as a mitigating factor, even if it might otherwise have…
Markarian v The Queen
[2005] HCA 25
Citation 36
(Para 42)
…is not appropriate just to look first to a maximum penalty and then proceed by way of making a proportional deduction from it: Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 at [30] and [31]…
R v Newell
[2004] NSWCCA 183
Citation 37
(Para 31)
…look to the; the period of the detention; the circumstances of the detention; who was being detained, and the purpose of the detention: R v Newell [2004] NSWCCA 183. Regard must be had to the manner a victim is treated and the extent of any fear or terror or harm caused them as a result of the offences for sentence…
R v Way
[2004] NSWCCA 131
Citation 38
(Para 35)
…e contributed to the pressure on, and overbearing of, the victim increasing the objective seriousness, and moral culpability of the offender: R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131; (2004) 60 NSWLR 168.…
R v Anforth
[2003] NSWCCA 222
Citation 39
(Para 51)
…t has been held that will generally not be appropriate for a s86 Crime Act offences, particularly for the aggravated form of the offence: R v Anforth [2003] NSWCCA 222 at [48]; Speechley at [116]. Further, there ought to be a reasonable proportionality between a sentence and the circumstances of the crime: R v Gedde…
R v Zamagias
[2002] NSWCA 17
Citation 40
(Para 54)
…and the relevant circumstances concerning the objective seriousness of the offence in determining whether such an order is appropriate: R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCA 17.…
R v Simpson
[2001] NSWCCA 534
Citation 41
(Para 81)
…circumstances the minimum period in custody must also properly reflect the gravity of his offences and the other purposes of sentencing: R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 at [59]. But here were I to impose a gaol sentence that period would necessarily be relatively short.…
R v Blackman and Walters
[2001] NSWCCA 121
Citation 42
(Para 92)
…nce in the case of those, such as Levvell, who have not developed settled criminal habits: Yardley and Betts (1979) 22 SASR 108: Blackman and Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121.…
Ryan v The Queen
[2001] HCA 21
Citation 43
(Para 54)
…in its retributive/general deterrence or victim vindication aspects: R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 at 205; Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267; [2001] HCA 21; R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222; Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600: [2013] HCA 38. It is always necessary to consider the nature of the offe…
R v AWF
[2000] VSCA 172
Citation 44
(Para 68)
…e Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 at [54] & [58]; Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571: [2013] HCA 37at [40] and [45]; R v AWF (2000) 2 VR 1; [2000] VSCA 172; Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 at [12]; KT v R ; Clarke-Jeffries v R .…
Regina v Simpson
[1999] NSWCCA 367
Citation 45
(Para 81)
…minimum period in custody must also properly reflect the gravity of his offences and the other purposes of sentencing: R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 at [59]. But here were I to impose a gaol sentence that period would necessarily be relatively short.…
Yardley v Betts
(1979) 22 SASR 108
Citation 46
(Para 92)
…ight of and it assumes particular importance in the case of those, such as Levvell, who have not developed settled criminal habits: Yardley and Betts (1979) 22 SASR 108: Blackman and Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121.…