Tran, Thi Doan v R [2020] NSWCCA 204

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Tran, Thi Doan v R [2020] NSWCCA 204 Hearing dates: 29 June 2020 Date of orders: 12 August 2020 Decision date: 12 August 2020 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1] Fagan J at [2] Cavanagh J at [9] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal is granted. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: SENTENCING — appeal against sentence — co-offenders — disparity between sentences — where applicant pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying greater than a commercial quantity of cannabis — where assertion of disparity is contrary to submission made by applicant on sentence — whether justifiable sense of grievance Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 44 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 10, 25 Cases Cited: Dayment v R [2018] NSWCCA 132 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Greaves v R [2020] NSWCCA 140 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Pecora v The Queen [1980] VR 499 R v Deng (1996) 91 A Crim R 80 R v Tisalandis [1982] 2 NSWLR 430 Zreika v The Queen [2012] NSWCCA 44; 223 A Crim R 460 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Thi Doan Tran (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Kumar (Respondent)