Craft v R
[2021] NSWCCA 131
At a glance
Source factsCourt
Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW)
Decision date
2021-05-19
Before
Garling J, Beech-Jones J, Adams J, Jones J
Catchwords
- [2013] HCA 37 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1
- [2010] NSWCCA 194 Johnston v R [2021] NSWCCA 86 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120
- [2011] HCA 39 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 Veen v The Queen [No 2] (1988) 164 CLR 465
Source
Original judgment source is linked above.
Catchwords
Judgment (9 paragraphs)
Judgment
- GARLING J: I agree with the orders proposed by N Adams J, and with the reasons which she gives for those orders.
- BEECH-JONES J: I agree with N Adams J.
- N ADAMS J: The applicant, Mr Paiaka Craft, seeks leave under s 5(1)(c) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) to appeal against the aggregate sentence imposed on him by Judge King SC on 25 June 2020.
- The applicant pleaded guilty in the Local Court to the following offences: Seq. 1: Assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to s 59(1) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment); Seq. 3: Reckless wounding contrary to s 35(4) of the Crimes Act (maximum penalty of 7 years imprisonment, with a standard non-parole period of 3 years).
- The applicant was also sentenced at that time for a breach of an 18-month Community Correction Order imposed at the District Court in Sydney on 16 January 2019 for the offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to s 59(1) of the Crimes Act.
- Proceedings on sentence were conducted on 25 June 2020. The applicant received a discount of 25% for his plea of guilty. The applicant was sentenced that same day to an aggregate sentence of 3 years and 3 months imprisonment commencing on 1 October 2019 and expiring on 31 December 2022 with a non-parole period of 2 years expiring on 30 September 2021. The indicative sentences were as follows: Seq. 1: 9 months imprisonment; Seq. 3: 3 years imprisonment (NPP: 1 year 9 months); CCO Offence: 9 months imprisonment.