Hung v R [2023] NSWCCA 172

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hung v R [2023] NSWCCA 172 Hearing dates: 1 May 2023 Decision date: 10 July 2023 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; Rothman J at [38]; McNaughton J at [39] Decision: 1. Grant leave to appeal. 2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – appeal against sentence – parity – whether justifiable sense of grievance by reason of sentence imposed on co-offender – whether same total sentences imposed on applicant and co-offender justified Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 33 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 25(2) Cases Cited: C v R [2022] NSWCCA 285 Fenech v R [2018] NSWCCA 160 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Labban v R [2022] NSWCCA 275 Miles v The Queen [2017] NSWCCA 266 R v Achurch [2011] NSWCCA 186; 216 A Crim R 152 Weiss v R [2020] NSWCCA 188 Z v R [2022] NSWCCA 286 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mai Van Hung (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel:

T Ramrakha (Applicant) M Swift (Respondent)

Solicitors:

Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) Office of the DPP (NSW) (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/00077449 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Criminal Date of Decision: 9 June 2022 Before: Buscombe DCJ File Number(s): 2021/00077449