Awraham v R (Cth) [2021] NSWCCA 241

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Awraham v R (Cth) [2021] NSWCCA 241 Hearing dates: 21 April 2021 Date of orders: 8 October 2021 Decision date: 08 October 2021 Before: Davies J at [1] Hamill J at [4] Wilson J at [28] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeals – appeal against sentence –Applicant convicted of state drug and firearm possession offences – Applicant convicted of Commonwealth offence of attempt to possess a commercial quantity of border control drug (cocaine) – question of whether sentence imposed for Commonwealth offence was manifestly excessive – determination Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Cahyadi v R (2007) 168 A Crim R 41; [2007] NSWCCA 1 Cargnello v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2012] NSWCCA 162 Cutajar v R [2020] NSWCCA 273 DAB v R [2010] NSWCCA 2745 Dang v R [2013] NSWCCA 246 Devaney v R [2012] NSWCCA 285 Dinsdale v The Queen (2002) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 205 A Crim R 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Gow (2015) 252 A Crim R 573; [2015] NSWCCA 208 Hili v R; Jones v R (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Kuti v R [2012] NSWCCA 43 Liu v R [2005] NSWCCA 450 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Ng v R (Cth) [2010] NSWCCA 232 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 R v Aaron Tran; R v Peter Tran; R v Hoang Nguyen 233 A Crim R 167; [2013] NSWCCA 136 R v Awraham [2019] NSWDC 341 R v Boimah [2017] QCA 50 R v Calis [2013] QCA 165 R v Elfar [2003] NSWCCA 358 R v Holland (2011) 205 A Crim R 429; [2011] NSWCCA 65 R v Karan [2013] NSWCCA 53 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 R v Otto (2005) 157 A Crim R 525; [2005] NSWCCA 333 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353; (2001) 127 A Crim R 369 R v Riddell (2009) 194 A Crim R 524; [2009] NSWCCA 96 Seah v R [2011] NSWCCA 269 Speer v R [2004] NSWCCA 118 Thong Nguyen v R [2012] NSWCCA 184 Webber v R [2014] NSWCCA 111 Wong v R [2018] NSWCCA 263 Youssef v R [2011] NSWCCA 104 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sargon Awraham (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: I McLachlan (Applicant) S Duggan (Crown)