Strong v The Queen

Criminal law – Sentencing – Habitual criminal – Re-determination of sentence – Appellant sentenced for primary offences of stalking and intimidation – Appellant pronounced habitual criminal and sentenced to further concurrent term of imprisonment under the Habitual Criminals Act 1957 (NSW) ("the Act") – Sentences overturned by Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW) – Appellant re sentenced for primary offences and as an habitual criminal – Whether whole sentence must be re-determined where one component of that sentence has miscarried – Whether appellate court required to determine for itself whether to pronounce appellant habitual criminal – Whether in doing so appellate court is exercising its own jurisdiction and powers – Whether appellate court made such determination – Whether appellate court correctly upheld sentencing judge's pronouncement of the appellant as habitual criminal – Whether appellate court's approach conformed to scrupulously thorough procedures for additional orders of preventative detention under the Act.

Words and phrases – "habitual criminal".

Habitual Criminals Act 1957 (NSW) – ss 4 and 6.