Islam v R [2020] NSWCCA 236

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Islam v R [2020] NSWCCA 236 Hearing dates: 14 July 2020 Date of orders: 21 September 2020 Decision date: 21 September 2020 Before: Ward CJ in Eq at [1]; Wilson J at [2]; Ierace J at [73] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted; (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: SENTENCE – application for leave to appeal against sentence – offences of participating in a criminal group and dealing with identification information – pleas of guilty – sentence imposed partially accumulated on sentence previously imposed – single ground of appeal advanced – whether finding of special circumstances reflected by sentence imposed – relevance of earlier sentence – principle of totality Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Cases Cited: Calhoun (a pseudonym) v R [2018] NSWCCA 150 Caristo v R [2011] NSWCCA 7 Hardey v R [2019] NSWCCA 310 Johnson v The Queen (2004) 205 ALR 346; [2004] HCA 15 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59; [1988] HCA 70 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Islam; R v Ahmed [2019] NSWDC 546 R v Rossi (1988) 142 LSJS 451 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704; [2001] NSWCCA 534 Sonter v R [2018] NSWCCA 228 Stoeski v R [2014] NSWCCA 161 Tuivaga v R [2015] NSWCCA 145 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tariqul Islam (Applicant) The Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Roff (Applicant) D Patch (Respondent)