Vickers v R [2020] NSWCCA 297

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Vickers v R [2020] NSWCCA 297 Hearing dates: 16 September 2020 Date of orders: 13 November 2020 Decision date: 13 November 2020 Before: Gleeson JA at [1]; Price J at [2]; Wright J at [3] Decision: (1) The applicant is granted leave to appeal. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Sentence appeal – Offence of doing act with intent to pervert the course of justice – Whether sentencing judge erred in assessing offence as in the midrange of objective seriousness – No error established CRIMINAL LAW – Sentence appeal – Whether sentencing judge's misstatement of maximum penalty for additional drive while disqualified offence impacted aggregate sentence – Misstatement had no material impact CRIMINAL LAW – Sentence appeal – Whether sentence manifestly excessive – Not manifestly excessive in the circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) Road Transport Amendment (Driver Licence Disqualification) Act 2017 (NSW) Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Andreata v R [2015] NSWCCA 239 Bidgood v R [2016] NSWCCA 138 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Finnie v Regina and Regina v Finnie [2007] NSWCCA 38 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297; 246 A Crim R 528 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Kerr v R [2016] NSWCCA 218; 78 MVR 191 Lees v R [2019] NSWCCA 65 Moodie v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 PO v R [2020] NSWCCA 129 R v Lachlan [2015] NSWCCA 178 Stephen Leslie Newton v R [2009] NSWCCA 128 Wong v the Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Zaky v R (Cth)[2017] NSWCCA 141 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Damian Vickers (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: W Tuckey (Applicant) E Wilkins SC (Crown)