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R v Hook[2006] QCA 458
R v Hook[2006] QCA 458
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND
PARTIES: | |
FILE NO/S: | DC No 708 of 2005 DC No 292 of 2006 |
Court of Appeal | |
PROCEEDING: | Sentence Application |
ORIGINATING COURT: | |
DELIVERED ON: | 10 November 2006 |
DELIVERED AT: | Brisbane |
HEARING DATE: | 23 October 2006 |
JUDGES: | Williams and Jerrard JJA and Philip McMurdo J Separate reasons for judgment of each member of the Court, each concurring as to the order made |
ORDER: | Application for leave to appeal against sentence dismissed |
CATCHWORDS: | CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE – APPEAL BY CONVICTED PERSONS – APPLICATIONS TO REDUCE SENTENCE – WHEN REFUSED – PARTICULAR OFFENCES – OTHER OFFENCES – applicant pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing grievous bodily harm while adversely affected by alcohol, driving while under the influence, driving a vehicle when the number of people in the vehicle exceeded the allowed maximum – sentenced to three years imprisonment suspended after 12 months for an operational period of four years, disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for four years for the first count – sentenced to two months imprisonment for the second count – appeal against sentence – whether the three year imprisonment sentence should be suspended after six months – whether sentence is manifestly excessive Alameddine v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 317; CA No 1490 of 2006, 10 October 2006, cited R v Calligan [2006] QCA 243; CA No 41 of 2006, 23 June 2006, considered R v Djakovich [1995] QCA 491; CA No 331 of 1995, 7 November 1995, cited R v Noble & Verheyden (1994) 73 A Crim R 379, cited R v Quinn [2003] QCA 417; CA No 241 of 2003, 22 September 2003, considered R v Purcell; ex parte Attorney-General (Qld) [1999] QCA 316; CA No 192 of 1999, 17 August 1999, considered |
COUNSEL: | A J Kimmins for the applicant C W Heaton for the respondent |
SOLICITORS: | Ryan & Bosscher for the applicant Director of Public Prosecutions (Queensland) for the respondent |