He v R (Cth) [2022] NSWCCA 205

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: He v R (Cth) [2022] NSWCCA 205 Hearing dates: 29 July 2022 Date of orders: 23 September 2022 Decision date: 23 September 2022 Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL at [1] Wilson J at [1] Fagan J at [1] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against sentence – possession of tobacco products imported to defraud the revenue – asserted failure to consider parity – whether justifiable sense of grievance – asserted failure to take applicant's antecedents into account – whether some other sentence warranted Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Customs Act 1901 (Cth) Cases Cited: Crystal Lee England v R; Sackda Phanith v R [2009] NSWCCA 274 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Jimmy v R [2010] NSWCCA 60; (2010) 77 NSWLR 540 Martellotta v R [2021] NSWCCA 168 McMullen v R [2013] NSWCCA 261 Narayan v R [2022] NSWCCA 163 R (Cth) v Jia Li He (No 1) [2021] NSWDC 450 R (Cth) v Jia Li He (No 3) [2021] NSWDC 770 R (Cth) v Su (District Court (NSW), Noman SC, 14 September 2021, unrep) R v Zhang [2017] SASCFC 5 Wong v The Queen; Leung v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jia Li He The Queen Representation: Counsel: G Smith SC/A Parsons (Applicant) R Ranken (Respondent)