Mendoza v R [2020] NSWCCA 254

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Mendoza v R [2020] NSWCCA 254 Hearing dates: 14 September 2020 Date of orders: 14 September 2020 Decision date: 07 October 2020 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Price J at [2]; Wright J at [93] Decision: Leave to appeal refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – aggregate sentences – joint criminal enterprise to commit burglaries – parity with sentences of co-offenders – whether applicant had a justifiable sense of grievance – prosecutorial decisions to charge co-offenders differently – whether error for the judge to assess lesser moral culpability for a co-offender who acted as a lookout – differences in subjective circumstances of co-offenders – leave to appeal refused. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 93T, 112(1)(a), 112(2), 113(2), 114(1)(d), 193B(2) Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 234(1)(b) Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 581 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49; 86 ALJR 36; 283 ALR 1; 214 A Crim R 152 Postiglione v R (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26; 71 ALJR 875; 145 ALR 408; 94 A Crim R 397 R v Ilbay [2000] NSWCCA 251 R v Kollas and Mitchell [2002] NSWCCA 491 Ryan Gurney v R; Aaron Willetts v R [2011] NSWCCA 48 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Eduardo Rual Diaz Mendoza (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr G D Wendler (Applicant) Ms M Millward (Respondent)