Bahcekapili v R [2020] NSWCCA 296

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bahcekapili v R [2020] NSWCCA 296 Hearing dates: 21 September 2020 Date of orders: 13 November 2020 Decision date: 13 November 2020 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Rothman J at [2] N Adams J at [10] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – robbery in company – parity with sentence of co-offender – subjective circumstances – whether applicant had a justifiable sense of grievance – relevance of co-offenders brain injury – co-offender sentenced for multiple offences Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 97(1) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1) Cases Cited: Ayik v R [2013] NSWCCA 119 El-Helou v R [2014] NSWCCA 209 Kelly v R [2017] NSWCCA 256 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Batuhan Bahcekapili (Appellant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Healey (Appellant) K Jeffreys (Respondent)

Solicitors: Legal Aid Commission of NSW (Applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/00286948 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court of NSW Date of Decision: 23 August 2019 Before: Herbert DCJ File Number(s): 2017/00013295; 2017/00013747; 2017/00286948; 2018/00015960