Khan v R [2022] NSWCCA 47

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Khan v R [2022] NSWCCA 47 Hearing dates: 3 December 2021 Date of orders: 4 March 2022 Decision date: 04 March 2022 Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL at [1]; Rothman J [18]; Wilson J [133] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted; (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – sentence – terrorism offence – attempt to murder by knife attack – victim survived – no challenge to objective seriousness assessment – use of non-causative psychiatric condition in sentencing – manifest excess – sentence stern but not manifestly excessive for objective seriousness – no error of principle or unidentified error Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 7.3(1)(b) Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Chester v Waverley Corporation (1939) 62 CLR 1; [1939] HCA 25 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Gifford v Strang Patrick Stevedoring Pty Ltd (2003) 214 CLR 269; [2003] HCA 33 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Jaensch v Coffey (1984) 155 CLR 549; [1984] HCA 52 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Paterson v R [2021] NSWCCA 273 R v Barot [2007] EWCA Crim 1119; [2007] Crim LR 741 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Khan (No 11) [2019] NSWSC 594 R v Pender [2019] NSWSC1814 R v Sharrouf [2009] NSWSC 1002 R v Sulayman Khalid; R v Jibryl Almaouie; R v IM; R v Mohamed Rashad Al Maouie; R v Farhad Said [2017] NSWSC 1365 Tame v New South Wales (2002) 211 CLR 317; [2002] HCA 35 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Wicks v State Rail Authority (NSW) (2010) 241 CLR 60; [2010] HCA 22 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ihsas Khan (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: B Rigg SC/S Talbert (Applicant) T McDonald SC/K Curry (Respondent)