Cross v R [2022] NSWCCA 261

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Cross v R [2022] NSWCCA 261 Hearing dates: 11 October 2022 Date of orders: 09 December 2022 Decision date: 09 December 2022 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Button J at [58]; Wilson J at [59] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — appeal against sentence on parity ground — offence of in company detaining a person with intent to obtain financial advantage and actual bodily harm occasioned contrary to s 86(3) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) — whether applicant has a justifiable sense of grievance when sentence is compared to that of co-offender Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 86 Cases Cited: Afu v R [2017] NSWCCA 246 Baquiran v R [2014] NSWCCA 221 Borg v R [2019] NSWCCA 129 Green v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Lloyd v R [2017] NSWCCA 303 R v MAK [2006] NSWCCA 381; (2006) 167 A Crim R 159 Smith (a pseudonym) v R [2022] NSWCCA 123 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Leticia Maree Cross (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C O'Neill (Applicant) C O Gleeson (Respondent)

Solicitors: Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/311030 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court Jurisdiction: Criminal Date of Decision: 29 November 2021 Before: Tupman DCJ File Number(s): 2020/311030