Kelly v R [2023] NSWCCA 104

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kelly v R [2023] NSWCCA 104 Hearing dates: 10 March 2023 Date of orders: 10 March 2023 Decision date: 17 May 2023 Before: Bell CJ at [1]; Walton J at [18]; Davies J at [130] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – sentencing –– application for leave to appeal against sentence - single ground of manifest excess - multiple offences – consideration of patent errors where only ground of appeal manifest excess - whether specific patent errors constitute misapplications of sentencing principles – whether inconsistency in determining indicative sentences – range of objective seriousness – leniency for good character – totality – failure to demonstrate manifest excess - leave to appeal granted – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crime (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1989 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adzioski v R [2013] NSWCCA 69 Aryal v R [2021] NSWCCA 2; Burke v R [2022] NSWCCA 6 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518 Burke v R [2022] NSWCCA 6 CMB v Attorney-General (NSW) (2015) 256 CLR 236; [2015] HCA 9 DH v R [2022] NSWCCA 2000 GG v R [2022] NSWCCA 102 Hayek v R [2016] NSWCCA 126 Higgins v R [2020] NSWCCA 169 House v King (1936) 55 CLR 499 at 504 Hughes v R [2018] NSWCCA 2 JM v The Queen (2014) 246 A Crim R 528; [2014] NSWCCA 297 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Kerr v R (2016) 78 MVR 191; [2016] NSWCCA 218 Lees v R [2019] NSWCCA 65 McDowell v R [2018] NSWCCA 29 McLaren v R [2021] NSWCCA 12 McMahon v R [2011] NSWCCA 147 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Noonan v R [2021] NSWCCA 35 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Piscitelli v R [2013] NSWCCA 8 Pleasance v R [2016] NSWCCA 113 R v Brown [2012] NSWCCA 199 R v Clarke [2019] NSWDC 2 R v Curtis (No 3) [2016] NSWSC 866 R v Gent (2005) 162 A Crim R 29; [2005] NSWCCA 370 R v Harris (2015) 70 MVR 412; [2015] NSWCCA 81 R v Hernando (2002) 136 A Crim R 451; [2002] NSWCCA 489 R v Hopkinson, R v Robertson [2022] NSWCCA 80 R v Mungomery [2004] NSWCCA 450 R v Smith (2000) 114 A Crim R 8; [2000] NSWCCA 140 Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267; [2001] HCA 21 Tassis v The Queen [2017] NSWCCA 143 Towney v R [2018] NSWCCA 65 Upadhyaya v R [2017] NSWCCA 162 Vale v R (2016) 77 MVR 194; [2016] NSWCCA 154 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Scott Robert Kelly (Appellant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G Smith SC (Applicant) E Wilkins SC (Respondent)