Hanna v R [2020] NSWCCA 125

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hanna v R [2020] NSWCCA 125 Hearing dates: 14 October 2019 Decision date: 12 June 2020 Before: Bell P at [1] Simpson AJA at [9] R A Hulme J at [98] Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – Crimes (Sentencing Procedure Act) 1999 (NSW), s 22(1) – plea of guilty – imposing a lesser penalty than would otherwise have been imposed – Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), ss 267(2) and 268(1A) – jurisdictional limit of Local Court – whether sentence that would have been imposed but for reduction in sentence may exceed jurisdictional limit – similar issue considered in Park v R [2020] NSWCCA 90 – Drug Court of New South Wales exercising criminal jurisdiction of the Local Court pursuant to s 24(1) of the Drug Court Act 1998 (NSW)

CRIME – appeals – appeal against sentence – aggregate sentence – indicated sentences – whether discrepancy between monetary value of goods stolen and threshold for an offence to be heard summarily reduces objective seriousness – disparities in indicated sentences having regard to monetary value of goods stolen Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 112, 114, 117, 188, 195, 253, 254 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 9, 10A, 22, 53A, 53B, 98, 99 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5AA, 5AF Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), Ch 5, ss 3, 6, 7, 267, 268, Sch 1, Table 1, Table 2 Drug Court Act 1998 (NSW), ss 4, 7A, 12, 24 Cases Cited: Berryman v R [2017] NSWCCA 297 Elsaj v R [2017] NSWCCA 124 Park v R [2020] NSWCCA 90 PG v R [2017] NSWCCA 179; (2017) 268 A Crim R 61 R v Grbin [2004] NSWCCA 220 R v Shenton [2003] NSWCCA 346 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309 R v Togias [2001] NSWCCA 522; (2001) 127 A Crim R 23 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCCA 4 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Steven Hanna (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: In person (Appellant) D Patch (Respondent)