Hawat v R [2020] NSWCCA 121

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hawat v R [2020] NSWCCA 121 Hearing dates: 6 May 2020 Decision date: 11 June 2020 Before: R A Hulme J at [1]; Fagan J at [48]; Hidden AJ at [49] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal against sentence granted. 2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against sentence – application of R v Henry guideline judgment – guideline not conflated with or used as starting point for assessment of objective seriousness – sequence of matters in judgment not necessarily sequence of judge's process of reasoning – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 97(1), 114, 115, 192E(1) Cases Cited: Fedele v R [2015] NSWCCA 286 Grant v R [2014] NSWCCA 67 Kelly v R [2017] NSWCCA 82 Legge v R [2007] NSWCCA 244 McDonald v R [2015] NSWCCA 280 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v Speechley [2012] NSWCCA 130; (2012) 221 A Crim R 175 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309 R v Whyte (2002) 55 NSWLR 252; [2002] NSWCCA 343 Tuncbilek v R [2020] NSWCCA 30 Yildiz v R [2020] NSWCCA 69 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ahmed Hawat (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms J Paingakulam (Applicant) Mr C Curtis (Crown)