DE v R [2021] NSWCCA 315

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: DE v R [2021] NSWCCA 315 Hearing dates: 22 November 2021 Date of orders: 21 December 2021 Decision date: 21 December 2021 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Wright J at [7]; Wilson J at [106] Decision: (1) Grant the applicant leave to appeal. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — appeal against sentence — application for leave to appeal — manifest excess — applicant with significant intellectual disability — principles in Bugmy v The Queen enlivened — sentence not outside the range of sentences reasonably available — leave to appeal granted — appeal dismissed CRIME — sexual offences — sexual assault Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 5, 21A Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61I, 61L, 66EB, 578A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5, 6 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 166 Cases Cited: Badans v R [2012] NSWCCA 97 BB v The Queen [2021] NSWCCA 283 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 DL v The Queen (2018) 265 CLR 215; [2018] HCA 32 Elwood v R [2019] NSWCCA 315 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Windle v R [2011] NSWCCA 277 Category: Principal judgment Parties: DE (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Quilter (Applicant) A Morris (Respondent)