Le v R [2022] NSWCCA 243

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Le v R [2022] NSWCCA 243 Hearing dates: 9 November 2022 Date of orders: 21 November 2022 Decision date: 21 November 2022 Before: Button J at [1] Fagan J at [2] R A Hulme AJ at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against sentence granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against sentence – firearms and drug offences – whether judge erred in finding special circumstances and increasing balance of term of sentence – whether judge erred in taking into account offences on Forms 1 – error not established Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 44(1), 44(2A) and (2B) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2010 (NSW) Firearms Act (1996) NSW, ss 66(1)(a) and (1)(b) Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulation 2012 (NSW), Sch 3 Sentencing Act 1989 (NSW), ss 5(1) and (2) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amount v R [2013] NSWCCA 115; (2013) 231 A Crim R 413 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518 Dolman v R [2010] NSWCCA 137 Musgrove v R [2007] NSWCCA 21; (2007) 167 A Crim R 424 Nguyen v R [2019] NSWCCA 209 R v Hampton (1998) 44 NSWLR 729 R v Moffitt (1990) 20 NSWLR 114 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704; [2001] NSWCCA 534 R v Tobar; R v Jan [2004] NSWCCA 391; (2004) 150 A Crim R 104 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168; [2004] NSWCCA 131 RO v R [2019] NSWCCA 183 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Thanh Tung Le (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr P English (Applicant) Ms S Traynor (Respondent)