Harris v R [2023] NSWCCA 174

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Harris v R [2023] NSWCCA 174 Hearing dates: 01 March 2023 Date of orders: 12 July 2023 Decision date: 12 July 2023 Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL at [1]; Davies J at [2]; McNaughton J at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – appeal against sentence – whether the sentence imposed was manifestly excessive – armed robbery with an offensive weapon – tomahawk and petrol – offending occurred at RSL Club in small country town – sentence imposed not unreasonable or plainly unjust – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 97 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Chartres-Abbott v R [2021] NSWCCA 239 Dang v R [2014] NSWCCA 47 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa Foaiaulima v R [2020] NSWCCA 270 Gore v R; Hunter v R [2010] NSWCCA 330; (2010) 208 A Crim R 353 Hall v R [2021] NSWCCA 220 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Hoskins v R [2021] NSWCCA 169 McLaughlin v R [2013] NSWCCA 152 MLP v R [2014] NSWCCA 183 Naveed v R [2019] NSWCCA 149 Ngatamariki v R [2016] NSWCCA 155 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Pham v R [2014] NSWCCA 115 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; [1999] NSWCCA 111 Sabbah v R (Cth) [2020] NSWCCA 89 Turnbull v R [2019] NSWCCA 97 Vandeventer v R [2013] NSWCCA 33 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Timothy Harris (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I McLachlan (Applicant) S Lind (Respondent)