Afful v R [2021] NSWCCA 111

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Afful v R [2021] NSWCCA 111 Hearing dates: 26 April 2021 Date of orders: 7 June 2021 Decision date: 07 June 2021 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; N Adams J at [2]; Hidden AJ at [82]. Decision: Application for an extension of time is refused. Catchwords: CRIME — Appeals — Appeal against sentence – extension of time required – where applicant is a foreign national whose visa was cancelled following his conviction – where applicant is seeking revocation of that cancellation – where the applicant's deportation not yet a certainty – whether likelihood of deportation a relevant factor in sentencing – where applicant has been unable to access programs in custody due to visa cancellation – whether subsequent hardship vitiated exercise of the sentencing discretion – no error found – extension of time refused Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW)), s 44(2) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 19AK Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(c) Criminal Code (Cth), ss 11.1(1), 307.5(1) Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 254, 501(3A), 501CA Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014 (Cth) Cases Cited: AC v R [2016] NSWCCA 107 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Guden v R (2010) 28 VR 288; [2010] VSCA 196 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Konamala v The Queen [2016] VSCA 48 Kristensen v R [2018] NSWCCA 189 R v Arrowsmith [2018] SASCFC 47 R v Mirzaee [2004] NSWCCA 315 R v Schelvis; R v Hildebrand [2016] QCA 294; (2016) 263 A Crim R 1 R v Van Hong Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 Schneider v The Queen [2016] VSCA 76 The Queen v Shrestha (1991) 173 CLR 48; [1991] HCA 26 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCCA 4 Ye Zhao v The Queen [2018] VSCA 267 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Andrew Kodjo Essilfie Afful (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant) A N Williams (Respondent)