Apulu v R [2022] NSWCCA 244

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Apulu v R [2022] NSWCCA 244 Hearing dates: 14 October 2022 Date of orders: 23 November 2022 Decision date: 23 November 2022 Before: Simpson AJA [1] Davies J [49] Wilson J [54] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal is granted; 2. The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal against sentence – robbery whilst armed – robbery upon service station attendant – question of misapplication of guideline judgment – question of the parity principle where the co-offender was sentence in the Children's Court – question of manifest excess – question of the distinction between aggravating factors and the assessment of objective gravity Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aslan v R [2014] NSWCCA 114 Belvie v R [2017] NSWCCA 36 Bugmy v R (2013) 249 CLR 571 Butters v R [2010] NSWCCA 1 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 19 Govinden [1999] NSWCCA 118; (1999) 106 A Crim R 314 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Imbornone v R [2017] NSWCCA 144 Johan v R [2015] NSWCCA 58 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665; [1999] HCA 29 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Postiglione v The Queen; (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 Pritchard v R [2022] NSWCCA 130 R v Boney [2001] NSWCCA 432 R v Colgan [1999] NSWCCA 292 R v Crotty (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 29 February 1994, unrep) R v Diamond (NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, 18 February 1993, Unrep) R v Dougan [2006] 160 A Crim R 135 R v Elyard [2006] NSWCCA 43 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Harrison [2001] NSWCCA 79 R v Henry and Ors (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 R v Roberts (1994) 73 A Crim R 306 R v Street [2005] NSWCCA 139 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168; [2004] NSWCCA 131 R v Wickham [2004] NSWCCA 193 R v Wong [2003] NSWCCA 247 Ruttley v R [2010] NSWCCA 118 Wong v The Queen, Leung v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Category: Principal judgment Parties: F Apulu (Applicant) The King (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D W Phillips (Applicant) S Traynor (Respondent) (Crown)