Sharma v R [2022] NSWCCA 190

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Sharma v R [2022] NSWCCA 190 Hearing dates: 26 August 2022 Date of orders: 15 September 2022 Decision date: 15 September 2022 Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL at [1] Adamson J at [8] Bellew J at [9] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Offences – Sentence – Appeal – Whether sentence manifestly excessive – Cause to take intoxicating substance to enable the commission of an indictable offence – Sexual intercourse without consent – Intentionally recording intimate images without consent – No specific error asserted – Where manifest excess was said to be reflected in the application of the discount to reflect the applicant's pleas of guilty and sentences imposed in other cases of similar offending – No error in the application of the discount – Where it was expressly conceded that the objective and subjective circumstances in the cases relied upon for comparative purposes were distinguishable from the present case on various bases – Serious offending – Findings of sentencing judge unchallenged – Leave to appeal granted – Appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: BB v R [2021] NSWCCA 283 Chartres-Abbott v R [2021] NSWCCA 239 Clarke v R [2021] NSWCCA 248 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 DL v R [2020] NSWCCA 164 Doe v R [2013] NSWCCA 248 Greenwood v R [2014] NSWCCA 64 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297 Kelly v R (2017) NSWCCA 256 Lee v R [2016] NSWCCA 66 Markarian v The Queen [2005] 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Moodie v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Reyes [2005] NSWCCA 218 Samadi v R; Djait v R [2008] NSWCCA 330 Shi v R [2020] NSWCCA 250 Smith v R [2020] NSWCCA 181 Vaiusu v R [2007] NSWCCA 71 Zahorsky v R [2013] NSWCCA 268 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Maanau Sharma – Applicant Regina – Respondent Representation: Counsel: P Doyle – Applicant S Traynor – Respondent