XY (A Pseudonym) v R [2023] NSWCCA 50

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: XY (A Pseudonym) v R [2023] NSWCCA 50 Hearing dates: 09 September 2022 Date of orders: 17 March 2023 Decision date: 17 March 2023 Before: Kirk JA at [1] Harrison J at [2] Wright J at [3] Decision: (1) The applicant has leave to appeal. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – appeal against sentence – aggregate sentence for commercial and large commercial drug supply and firearms offences – whether sentencing judge erroneously applied sentencing discounts to the aggregate sentence and not the indicative sentence – discount not applied to aggregate sentence rather than indicative sentences – whether aggregate sentence manifestly excessive – aggregate sentence not manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 21A, 193(1), 193C Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 53A, 53(2) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(c) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 11C(1), 10(1), 25(2) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW), ss 7(1), 39(1), 62(1), 65(3) Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 (NSW), s 7(1) Cases Cited: Aryal v R [2021] NSWCCA 2 BB v R [2021] NSWCCA 283 Benn v R [2023] NSWCCA 24 Chartres-Abbott v R [2021] NSWCCA 239 Davidson v R [2022] NSWCCA 153; 100 MVR 336 Decision Restricted [2019] NSWCCA 102 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 He v Sun (2021) 104 NSWLR 518; [2021] NSWCA 95 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Huang v R [2019] NSWCCA 144 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297; (2014) 246 A Crim R 528 McLean v R [2020] NSWCCA 344 R v Li [2014] NSWCCA 327 R v Mahmud [2010] NSWCCA 219 Sahyoun v R [2020] NSWCCA 87 Tiew v R [2020] NSWCCA 234 Toole, Kurt v R (2014) 247 A Crim R 272; [2014] NSWCCA 318 TS v R [2022] NSWCCA 222 Vaughan v R [2020] NSWCCA 3 Vigo v R [2009] NSWCCA 98 Weiss v R [2020] NSWCCA 188 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Category: Principal judgment Parties: XY (A Pseudonym) (Applicant) Rex (Crown) Representation: Counsel: Z Khan (Applicant) D Scully (Crown)