Sigalla v R (No 2) [2021] NSWCCA 151

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Sigalla v R (No 2) [2021] NSWCCA 151 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 07 July 2021 Decision date: 07 July 2021 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL Brereton JA Cavanagh J Decision: Leave to make an application under (NSW) Criminal Appeal Rules 1952, r 50C, refused. Catchwords: JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS – Court of Criminal Appeal – Application for leave to re-open – Principles governing – Whether failure to consider ground of appeal – Whether various misapprehensions of fact and law – No slip, oversight, or misapprehension identified – Attempt to reargue appeal on grounds not previously advanced – Whether Kentwell error – Leave refused SENTENCING – Appeal against sentence – Role of appellate court – Re-exercising the sentencing discretion afresh – Adopting findings of primary judge – Effect of Kentwell v The Queen Legislation Cited: (CTH) Corporations Act 2001, s 184(2)(a) (CTH) Crimes Act 1914, s 16A (NSW) Criminal Appeal Rules 1952, rr 4, 50C (NSW) Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021, r 5.4 Cases Cited: Alramadan v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (No 2) [2008] NSWCCA 69 Application of Ainsley Whitney [2020] NSWCCA 146 Application of Malcolm Potier (No 3) [2015] NSWCCA 306 Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300; [1993] HCA 6 Baghdadi v R (No 2) [2012] NSWCCA 77 Burrell v The Queen (2008) 238 CLR 218; [2008] HCA 34 Corliss v R (No 2) [2020] NSWCCA 180 Dickson v R (No 2) [2018] NSWCCA 183 El Ali v R (No 2) [2019] NSWCCA 289 Elliot v The Queen (2007) 234 CLR 38; [2007] HCA 51 Kauwenberghs v R (Cth) [2009] NSWCCA 201 Kentwell v R (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Miller v R (No 2) (2016) 260 A Crim R 554; [2016] NSWCCA 158 RO v R [2019] NSWCCA 183 Sigalla v R [2021] NSWCCA 22 Simmons v R (No 2) [2020] NSWCCA 29 Turnbull v R [2019] NSWCCA 97 Category: Consequential orders Parties: Andrew John Sigalla (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant) T McDonald SC, T Epstein (Respondent)