Finnigan v R [2022] NSWCCA 181

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Finnigan v R [2022] NSWCCA 181 Hearing dates: 24 June 2022 Date of orders: 26 August 2022 Decision date: 26 August 2022 Before: Brereton JA at [1] Wilson J at [2] Cavanagh J at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal is granted. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — appeal against sentence — break, enter and commit a serious indictable offence — assault occasioning actual bodily harm — aggravated by being in company — whether sentencing judge erred in finding of fact as to provocation — whether sentencing judge erred in qualifying finding about remorse due to applicant's refusal to identify co-offenders — whether sentencing judge erred by double counting factors of aggravation — whether sentencing judge's interventions during sentence hearing denied applicant procedural fairness Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) Cases Cited: DS v R; DM v R [2022] NSWCCA 156 Ellis v R [2015] NSWCCA 262 H T v The Queen [2019] HCA 40; (2019) 278 A Crim R 133 House v R (1936) 55 CLR 449; [1936] HCA 40 Lovell v R; Dominey v R [2006] NSWCCA 222 Marshall v R [2007] NSWCCA 24 Pham v R [2010] NSWCCA 208 Pleasance v R [2016] NSWCCA 113 R v Capaldo [2015] SASCFC 56 R v Joel Tory; R v Luke Tory [2006] NSWCCA 18 R v Johnson [2005] NSWCCA 186 R v Mendez [2002] NSWCCA 415 R v Millar [2005] NSWCCA 202 R v Price [2005] NSWCCA 285 R v T, WA (2014) 118 SASR 382; [2014] SASCFC 3 Tarrant v R [2018] NSWCCA 21 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 You, Jae Bok v R [2020] NSWCCA 71 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Joshua Finnigan (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Howell (Applicant) E Wilkins SC (Respondent)