Maybury v R [2022] NSWCCA 233

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Maybury v R [2022] NSWCCA 233 Hearing dates: 1 August 2022 Date of orders: 04 November 2022 Decision date: 04 November 2022 Before: Gleeson JA at [1] Wright J at [3] Cavanagh J at [141] Decision: (1) The applicant has leave to make his application out of time. (2) The applicant has leave to appeal. (3) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against sentence – - Section 33(1)(a) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – Wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm – Determination of the objective seriousness of the offence – Sentencing judge made finding that injuries amounted to grievous bodily harm – Whether the principles in The Queen v De Simoni breached – Whether finding resulted in a miscarriage of justice – Sentencing judge entitled to take into account the injuries he did in the way he did Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 5, 33(1)(a), 33(1)(b), 35, 86(3), Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A(a), 3A(g), 53A(2) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(c) Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021 (NSW), r 3.5(5) Cases Cited: Adams v R [2011] NSWCCA 47 AM v R [2012] NSWCCA 203; 225 A Crim R 481 Bourke v R [2010] NSWCCA 22; 199 A Crim R 38 Cao v R [2020] NSWCCA 223 Cheung v The Queen (2001) 209 CLR 1; [2001] HCA 67 Cryer v R [2010] NSWCCA 18 Dean v R [2019] NSWCCA 27 Einfeld v R [2010] NSWCCA 87; (2010) 200 A Crim R 1 Environment Protection Authority v Sydney Water Corporation [2019] NSWLEC 100 GL v R [2022] NSWCCA 202 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Lago v R [2015] NSWCCA 296 LN v R [2020] NSWCCA 131 Markarian v The Queen (2006) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 McCullough v R [2009] NSWCCA 94; 194 A Crim R 439 Muldrock v The Queen (2010) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Nguyen v The Queen (2016) 256 CLR 656; [2016] HCA 17 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374; (1997) 90 A Crim R 587 R v Mitchell; R v Gallagher [2007] NSWCCA 296; 177 A Crim R 94 Ragg v R [2022] NSWCCA 150 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383; [1981] HCA 31 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Turkmani v R [2014] NSWCCA 186; 244 A Crim R 402 Wilkins v R [2009] NSWCCA 222 Category: Principal judgment Parties: MF Maybury (Applicant) State of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Ramrakha (Applicant) E Wilkins SC (Respondent) Solicitors: Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) Office of the Director for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/184552 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court Jurisdiction: Criminal Date of Decision: 21 December 2020 Before: North DCJ File Number(s): 2018/184552