AE v R [2023] NSWCCA 74

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: AE v R [2023] NSWCCA 74 Hearing dates: 15 February 2023 Decision date: 31 March 2023 Before: Button J at [1] Wilson J at [2] N Adams J at [56] Decision: (1) Extend the time in which to file the Notice of Application for Leave to Appeal to 24 October 2022; (2) Grant leave to appeal; and (3) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – SENTENCE – application for leave to appeal out of time – sole ground of appeal based upon Totaan v R [2022] NSWCCA 75 – sentencing judge did not accept hardship to family as exceptional – "Totaan error" – evidence taken into account on sentence in general mix of subjective features Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: Ahmed Mohamed v The Queen [2022] VSCA 136; 367 FLR 482 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Hutchison v The King [2022] VSCA 217 Kaveh v R [2017] NSWCCA 52 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 R v Girard [2004] NSWCCA 170 R v Hinton (2002) 134 A Crim R 286; [2002] NSWCCA 405 R v Nguyen (2006) 166 A Crim R 124; [2006] NSWCCA 369 R v Togias (2001) 127 A Crim R 23; [2001] NSWCCA 522 R v Zerafa (2013) 235 A Crim R 265; [2013] NSWCCA 222 Rodgerson v The Queen [No 2] [2022] VSCA 154 Totaan v R (2022) 108 NSWLR 17; [2022] NSWCCA 75 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCCA 4 Category: Principal judgment Parties: AE (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Parkin / J Lang (Applicant) A Chhabra / J Fennel (Respondent)