Holt v R (Cth) [2021] NSWCCA 14

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Holt v R (Cth) [2021] NSWCCA 14 Hearing dates: 26 November 2020 Date of orders: 19 February 2021 Decision date: 19 February 2021 Before: Johnson J at [1] R A Hulme J at [2] Wilson J at [3] Decision: 1 Leave to appeal granted 2 Appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal against sentence – Family Law Act offence – dealing with proceeds of crime – offence taken into account on s 16BA schedule – schedule offence of greater seriousness than principal offence – use of s 16BA schedules – propriety of "roll-up" offence where one count encompassed 64 acts - application of quantum of discount for plea of guilty in federal sentence matters - question of concurrence and accumulation – use of aggregate sentence in Federal sentencing - relevance of mental illness to sentence – amelioration of sentence not automatic Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 NSW Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) Cases Cited: Abbas & Ors v R [2013] NSWCCA 115; (2013) 231 A Crim R 413 Aslan v R [2014] NSWCCA 114 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 Baden v R [2020] NSWCCA 23 Bae v R [2020] NSWCCA 35 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1; 168 A Crim R 41 CP v R [2009] NSWCCA 291; (2009) 213 A Crim R 26 Croxon v R [2017] NSWCCA 213 DG v R [2017] NSWCCA 139 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194; (2010) 205 A Crim R 1 DL v The Queen (2018) 265 CLR 215; [2018] HCA 32 DPP v Beattie (2017) 270 A Crim R 556; [2017] NSWCCA 301 El-Youssef v R [2010] NSWCCA 4 Huang v R (2018) 332 FLR 158; [2018] NSWCCA 70; (2018) 272 A Crim R 266 Kaurasi v R (Cth) [2020] NSWCCA 253 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37; (2014) 238 A Crim R 134 Milat v R, Klein v R [2014] NSWCCA 29 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; (2009) 195 A Crim R 1; R v Eedens [2009] NSWCCA 254 R v Lamella [2014] NSWCCA 122 R v Ly [2014] NSWCCA 78 R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 115 A Crim R 104 Singh v R [2018] NSWCCA 60 Xiao v R (Cth) (2018) 96 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCCA 4 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Timothy Holt (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Paingakulam (Applicant) S Flood (Respondent)