Layt v R [2020] NSWCCA 231

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Layt v R [2020] NSWCCA 231 Hearing dates: 10 August 2020 Date of orders: 18 September 2020 Decision date: 18 September 2020 Before: Payne JA at [1], Walton J at [49], Fullerton J at [50] Decision: Leave to appeal refused. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal and review – application to withdraw plea of guilty – whether integrity of plea challenged – where applicant anticipated lesser sentence CRIME – sentence – objective seriousness – revision or reformulation of the case presented below CRIME – sentence – commencement date for sentence – whether House v The King error established Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 112(2) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(b) Cases Cited: Ali v R [2010] NSWCCA 35 DL v R [2017] NSWCCA 57 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Ith v R [2013] NSWCCA 280 Kerr v R [2016] NSWCCA 218 Maxwell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 501; [1996] HCA 46 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 R v Boag (1994) 73 A Crim R 35 R v Chiron [1980] 1 NSWLR 218 R v Cincotta (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 1 November 1995, unrep) R v Ferrer-Esis (1991) 55 A Crim R 231 R v Murphy [1965] VR 187 R v Toro-Martinez [2000] NSWCCA 216; (2000) 114 A Crim R 533 Reg. v O'Neill [1979] 2 NSWLR 582 Sabapathy v R [2008] NSWCCA 82 Sagiv v R (1986) 22 A Crim R 73 Thafer v R [2019] NSWCCA 143 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44; (2012) 223 A Crim R 460 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dean Lyndsay Layt (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Applicant (in person) M Kumar (Respondent)