Rizk v R [2020] NSWCCA 291

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Rizk v R [2020] NSWCCA 291 Hearing dates: 14 September 2020 Date of orders: 06 November 2020 Decision date: 06 November 2020 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Price J at [27]; Wright J at [28] Decision: (1) Grant the applicant leave to appeal. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – whether sentencing judge erred when proceeding on the basis of incorrect maximum penalty for an offence taken into account on a Form 1 – whether error capable of having a material impact on aggregate sentence CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – commencement date being date of expiration of term of revoked ICO – whether sentence imposed for primary offending should be made partly concurrent with time spent in custody because of revocation of ICO – no error in the circumstances CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – whether special circumstances – application of statutory ratio to effective sentence – minor divergences from statutory ratio – no error in setting non-parole period Legislation Cited: Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 164, 165 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 7, 33, 44, 53A; Pt 5 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW). s 5 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 25 Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (NSW), s 16 Sentencing Act 1989 (NSW), s 5 Cases Cited: Andreata v R [2015] NSWCCA 239 Attorney General's Application Under s 37 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (No 1) (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518 Calhoun (a pseudonym) v R [2018] NSWCCA 150 Callaghan v R [2006] NSWCCA 58; 160 A Crim R 145 Campbell v R [2018] NSWCCA 17 GP v R [2017] NSWCCA 200 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 123; [2018] HCA 34 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Hutchen v R [2015] NSWCCA 101 Ith v R [2013] NSWCCA 280 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Lee v R [2016] NSWCCA 146 Lehn v R (2016) 93 NSWLR 205; [2016] NSWCA 255 Lonsdale v R [2020] NSWCCA 267 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59; [1988] HCA 70 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82; [2000] HCA 57 Stead v State Government Insurance Commission (1986) 161 CLR 141; [1986] HCA 54 Stephen Leslie Newton v R [2009] NSWCCA 128 Zaky v R (Cth) [2017] NSWCCA 141 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ahmed Rizk (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: D Barrow (Applicant) M Millward (Crown)