Care v R [2022] NSWCCA 101

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Care v R [2022] NSWCCA 101 Hearing dates: 14 March 2022 Date of orders: 20 May 2022 Decision date: 20 May 2022 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Walton J at [2]; Rothman J at [3] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal; (2) Uphold the appeal; (3) Quash the sentence imposed on the applicant, Adrian Cosmo Care, in the District Court on 17 December 2020 and, in lieu thereof, sentence the applicant, Adrian Cosmo Care, to an aggregate sentence of a non-parole period of 3 years and 6 months commencing 22 June 2019 and concluding 21 December 2022, and the remainder of the term of imprisonment, being 1 year and 9 months to conclude on 21 September 2024. Catchwords: CRIME – Sentence Appeal – operation of pre-conditions to s 21A(3)(I) OF Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act – failure to take account of mandatory consideration – mistake of fact as to extent of applicant deprivation – non-acceptance of unchallenged and uncontroverted evidence – appeal upheld – resentence. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A and 22 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(3) Cases Cited: Bugmy v the Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Butters v R [2010] NSWCCA 1 Devaney v R [2012] NSWCCA 285 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Markarian v The Queen [2005] 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Morrison v R (2009) 197 A Crim R 103; [2009] NSWCCA 211 Qutami v R (2001) 127 A Crim R 369; [2001] NSWCCA 353 R v Baker [2001] NSWCCA 85 R v Care; R v Al-Khateib [2020] NSWDC 856 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Adrian Cosmo Care (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: T Game SC / E James (Applicant) E Wilkins SC (Respondent)