Rummukainen v R [2020] NSWCCA 187

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Rummukainen v R [2020] NSWCCA 187 Hearing dates: 16 July 2020 Date of orders: 3 August 2020 Decision date: 03 August 2020 Before: Payne JA at [1]; Wilson J at [33]; Ierace J at [34] Decision: (1) Application for leave to appeal granted; (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against sentence – application for leave to appeal – where applicant found guilty of dangerous driving occasioning death – where applicant consumed alcohol prior to collision – where sentencing judge not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that applicant's blood alcohol concentration was greater than 0.05 at time of collision – whether sentencing judge erred in taking into account the applicant's consumption of alcohol prior to the collision Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(c) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 52A(1)(c) Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW), ss 108, 110, sch 3 cl 31 Cases Cited: Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 R v Manok [2017] NSWCCA 232; (2017) 81 MVR 427 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 R v Rummukainen [2019] NSWDC 452 R v Whyte (2002) 55 NSWLR 252; [2002] NSWCCA 343 Shashati v R [2018] NSWCCA 167; (2018) 85 MVR 194 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Risto Petteri Rummukainen (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Lawrence with A Wilson (Applicant) B Baker (Respondent)