G v R [2021] NSWCCA 50

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: G v R [2021] NSWCCA 50 Hearing dates: 19 February 2021 Date of orders: 26 March 2021 Decision date: 26 March 2021 Before: Johnson J at [1]; Price J at [2]; Davies J at [114] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against aggregate sentence – prohibited drug offences including not less than the large commercial quantity of methylamphetamine – whether failure to afford procedural fairness – whether error in assessing the objective seriousness of the supply of the large commercial quantity of methylamphetamine – whether marked disparity with sentence imposed on co-offender A – whether error in not referring to applicant's evidence – re-sentence considered Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 93T(1), 93T(1A), 193C(2) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 21A(2)(j) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(3) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 25, 26 Cases Cited: A v R [2020] NSWCCA 145 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 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40, 10 ALJ 22; 10 ALJR 202; 55 ALR 499; 9 ABC 117 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37; 88 ALJR 947; 313 ALR 451; 238 A Crim R 134 Lees v R [2019] NSWCCA 65 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Parente v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 633; [2017] NSWCCA 284; 270 A Crim R 412 Paxton v R [2011] NSWCCA 242; 219 A Crim R 104 R v Ha [2004] NSWCCA 386 Scott v R [2010] NSWCCA 103 Thomas v R [2019] NSWCCA 88 Category: Principal judgment Parties: G (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: W Tuckey (Applicant) E Wilkins SC (Respondent)