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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7937020 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4740781\charrsid7937020 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. CAV0023 OF 2008S
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4740781\charrsid7937020 (Fiji Court of Appeal No. AAU0100 of 2007S)
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\par Coram:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4740781\charrsid7937020 The Hon Justice Kenneth Handley, Judge of the Supreme Court
\par The Hon Justice David Ipp, Judge of the Supreme Court
\par The Hon Justice Ronald Sackville, Judge of the Supreme Court
\par 
\par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6557832\charrsid7937020 Tuesd}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4740781\charrsid7937020 ay, 10th February 2009, Suva

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\par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4740781\charrsid7937020 Petitioner in Person
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4740781\charrsid7937020  for the Respondent
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\par Date of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4740781\charrsid7937020 Judgment:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6557832\charrsid7937020 0}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4740781\charrsid7937020 th February 2009, Suva
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3148411\charrsid7937020 [1]\tab On 20 April 2007 the petitioner pleaded guilty in the Magistrate\rquote s Court to the offence of robbery with violence and was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.}{
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He appealed to the High Court and on 27 July that year his appeal against sentence was allowed in part and a sentence of 4 years was substituted.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4740781\charrsid7937020 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3148411\charrsid7937020 
\par [2]\tab His further appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed by a Full Court on 20 June 2008.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3148411\charrsid7937020 
He has now applied for special leave to appeal to this Court, and has lodged written submissions in support dated 18 August and 30 December 2008.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3148411 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3148411\charrsid7937020 [3]\tab His principal point is that the Court of Appeal erred in its application of the parity principle by not following }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7489023\charrsid7937020 or applying }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3148411\charrsid7937020 the decisio}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020 n of Shameem J in}{
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\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020 Ravula v The State}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020  of 8 Feb}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3148411\charrsid7937020 
ruary 2008. A copy of this judgment is att}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020 a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3148411\charrsid7937020 ched to}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020  the submissions of the State.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020 
That appellant had been sentenced by the Magistrate to 2 years imprisonment for robbery with violence which was reduced on appeal to 18 months because, as Shameem J said:
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aling up of the sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020 A person with previous convictions simply loses the leniency shown to first offenders.}{
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\par [4]\tab This judgment, like most judgments on the sentencing of individual prisoners, was }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7489023\charrsid7937020 fact}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020  specific, }{
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ish any general principle that a sentence of 18 months imprisonment is appropriate for a street mugging robbery, nor does it establish as a general proposition that a repeat offen}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 d}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020 er should }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 not}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020 
 attract a heavier sentence to protect the public and deter the offender and others.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  Repeated offending of the same kind should not affect the selection of the starting point 
for a sentence but it may will be a matter of aggravation as the English Court of Appeal held in Attorney-General\rquote s References (No}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020 .}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  4 and 7 of 2002) referred 
to by the Court of Appeal in this case at para [12].}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3752853\charrsid7937020 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 
\par [5]\tab The parity principle invoked by the petitioner applie}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6557832\charrsid7937020 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 
 with particular force to the sentencing of co-offenders, but in other cases, such as the present, it only means that the sentence must not fall outside the general range of sentences }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6557832\charrsid7937020 
for}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020  such offences.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 Ravula\rquote 
s case does not establish the general range.
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\par [6]\tab The only other point taken by the petitioner was that }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7489023\charrsid7937020 no }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 personal violence was due to [his] actions because he did not punch the victim and [the co-offenders] was not jointly charged.}{
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\par 
\par [7]\tab There is no substance in this point because}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6557832\charrsid7937020 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020  as he admitted in the Magistrate\rquote s Court}{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 s }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6772681\charrsid7937020 h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 ands from behind while his}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7489023\charrsid7937020  accomplice did the punching}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6557832\charrsid7937020 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7489023\charrsid7937020 a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 classic joint enterprise.
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\par [8]\tab There has been no miscarriage of justice, and the grounds for the grant of special leave specified in }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020 s.7 (}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 2) of the Supreme Court Act have not been established.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7937020\charrsid7937020  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 The petition does not raise a question of general legal importan}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6557832\charrsid7937020 ce }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 or a substanti}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6557832\charrsid7937020 al}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020  question of principle, and }
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7489023\charrsid7937020 i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 t has not been shown that substantial }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6557832\charrsid7937020 or }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7489023\charrsid7937020 grave }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 injustice may otherwise occur.
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\par [9]\tab The petition is dismissed.
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\par Judge of the Supreme Court
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\par Judge of the Supreme Court
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\par Judge of the Supreme Court
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\par Solicitors:
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\par Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, Suva for the Respondent}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16459733\charrsid7937020 
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