Narayan v R [2022] NSWCCA 163

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Narayan v R [2022] NSWCCA 163 Hearing dates: 20 July 2022 Date of orders: 05 August 2022 Decision date: 05 August 2022 Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL at [1]; Price J at [2]; Chen J at [3] Decision: (1) Extend the time for the filing of the Notice of Appeal until 22 January 2022. (2) Grant leave to appeal the sentence imposed by Norton SC DCJ on 27 July 2018. (3) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Appeal against sentence — Co-offenders — Disparity between sentences — where co-offenders sentenced by different judges — where co-offenders found guilty of different offences — whether open to applicant to impugn findings in co-offenders sentencing judgment — application dismissed Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5 Criminal Code (Cth), ss 11.1, 307.5, 307.8, 311 Cases Cited: Chen v R; He v R [2018] NSWCCA 95 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Jimmy v R (2010) 77 NSWLR 540; [2010] NSWCCA 60 Jones v The Queen (1993) 67 ALJR 376 Kadwell (a pseudonym) v R [2021] NSWCCA 42 Lewins v R [2007] NSWCCA 189 Lonsdale v R [2020] NSWCCA 267 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 Martellotta v R [2021] NSWCCA 168 PG v R [2017] NSWCCA 179 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Wei Pan [2005] NSWCCA 114 Rae v R v [2011] NSWCCA 211 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 65 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Shalesh Narayan (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G D Wendler (Applicant) D Jordan (Respondent)