Anderson v R [2022] NSWCCA 187

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Anderson v R [2022] NSWCCA 187 Hearing dates: 17 August 2022 Date of orders: 2 September 2022 Decision date: 02 September 2022 Before: Bell CJ; Davies J; Fagan J Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — appeal against sentence – whether error in manner of taking into account prescribed standard non-parole period – whether error in findings concerning applicant's mental health – consideration of borderline intellectual functioning as defined in DSM-5 – reliance upon DSM-labelled conditions – whether sentence miscarried due to the Crown submitting a sentence below two years may give rise to appellable error – consideration of Barbaro v The Queen – prosecutorial duty to the court in sentence proceedings Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 CMB v Attorney General for New South Wales (2015) 256 CLR 346; [2015] HCA 9 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Everett v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 295; [1994] HCA 49 R v Jermyn (1985) 2 NSWLR 194 R v MacNeil-Brown (2008) 20 VR 677 R v Tait and Bartley (1979) 24 ALR 473 R v Wendy Olive Lawrence [2005] NSWCCA 91 R v Wilton (1981) 28 SASR 362 Texts Cited: American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5 (5th edition, 2013, American Psychiatric Association). Category: Principal judgment Parties: Faron Anderson (applicant) Regina (respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Carroll (applicant) D Scully (respondent)