Byrne v R; Cahill v R [2021] NSWCCA 185

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Byrne v R; Cahill v R [2021] NSWCCA 185 Hearing dates: 30 June 2021 Date of orders: 11 August 2021 Decision date: 11 August 2021 Before: Bell P at [1]; Rothman J at [6]; Button J at [126] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted; (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeal against sentence – manifest excess – street race between two motor vehicles – collision with innocent road user – manslaughter – no identifiable error by sentencing judge – sentence imposed while heavy was neither plainly unjust nor unreasonable – sentence within range and appropriate – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 18(1)(b); 52A Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 BP v R (2010) 201 A Crim R 379; [2010] NSWCCA 159 Director of Public Prosecutions v Abdulrahman [2021] NSWCCA 114 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; 243 FLR 28; 205 A Crim R 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 DPP v Neethling (2009) 52 MVR 422; [2009] VSCA 116 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 R v Abdulrahman [2020] NSWDC 731 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102 R v Cahill; R v Byrne [2020] NSWDC 224 R v Despotovski [2020] NSWDC 110 R v Geddes (1936) 36 SR (NSW) 554 R v Taufahema [2004] NSWCCA 833 SBF v R (2009) 53 MVR 438; [2009] NSWCCA 231 TG v R [2010] NSWCCA 28 Whyte v R (2002) 55 NSWLR 252; [2002] NSWCCA 143 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: 2017/320907: Joshua Aaron Byrne (Applicant) Regina (Respondent)