Sadiq v R [2023] NSWCCA 25

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Sadiq v R [2023] NSWCCA 25 Hearing dates: 7 December 2022 Decision date: 20 February 2023 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; Garling J at [66]; Adamson J at [67] Decision: 1. Grant leave to appeal against the sentence imposed by the District Court on 23 July 2021. 2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – appeal against sentence – whether error in assessment of objective criminality – whether sentence manifestly excessive – parity – whether consideration of parity confined to events occurring within timeframe specified on indictment – leave granted but appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 33, 53A(2) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 193B(2) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(c) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 11(C)(1), 24(2), Sch 1 Cases Cited: Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd v Hive Marketing Group Pty Ltd (2019) 99 NSWLR 419; [2019] NSWCA 61 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 El Kheir v R [2019] NSWCCA 288 Er v R [2018] NSWCCA 286 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Greentree v R [2018] NSWCCA 227 Grogan v R [2019] NSWCCA 51 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 MLP v R [2014] NSWCCA 183 Nguyen & Tran [2021] NSWDC 576 Qin v R [2022] NSWCCA 137 R v Chandler; Chandler v R [2012] NSWCCA 135 R v Forero-Gomez [2021] NSWDC 131 R v Wensor [2019] NSWDC 399 R v Merhi [2020] NSWDC 910 Tsimingos v R [2021] NSWCCA 107 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bashir Sadiq (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Dalton SC, N Carroll (Applicant) I Nash (Respondent)