Kljaic v R [2023] NSWCCA 225

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kljaic v R [2023] NSWCCA 225 Hearing dates: 28 July 2023 Date of orders: 8 September 2023 Decision date: 08 September 2023 Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL at [1] Harrison J at [2] Wright J at [3] Decision: (1) The applicant has leave to appeal. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMES – appeals – appeals against sentence – whether error because of backdating the commencement of a sentence by more than the actual time spent on remand in order to take into account conditions and occurrences while offender on remand – whether s 47(3) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) permits consideration of conditions experienced in pre-sentence custody as well as the period of such custody Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 52A(4), 53 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 24, 44, 47, 53A(2), 71 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(c) Cases Cited: Almaouie v R [2021] NSWCCA 274 Bonett v R [2013] NSWCCA 234 Gardiner v R [2018] NSWCCA 27 Hughes v R [2008] NSWCCA 48 Kaderavek v R [2018] NSWCCA 92 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 R v Campbell [1999] NSWCCA 76 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 R v Eastway (CCA, unreported, 19 May 1992) R v English [2000] NSWCCA 245 R v McHugh (1985) 1 NSWLR 588 R v Newman, R v Simpson [2004] NSWCCA 102; 145 A Crim R 361 Reddy v R [2018] NSWCCA 212 Small v R [2018] NSWCCA 290 Wiggins v R [2010] NSWCCA 30 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Vojislav Kljaic (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Chhabra and J Fennel (Applicant) E Wilkins SC (Respondent)