R v Barkl; R v Dumbrell; R v Theobald [2023] NSWCCA 309

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Barkl; R v Dumbrell; R v Theobald [2023] NSWCCA 309 Hearing dates: 12 July 2023 Date of orders: 01 December 2023 Decision date: 01 December 2023 Before: Mitchelmore JA at [1] Fagan J at [112] R A Hulme AJ at [113] Decision: Appeal in each matter dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME — Appeals — Crown appeals against sentence — Commonwealth and State drug offences – import commercial quantity of border controlled drug – whether manifest inadequacy – whether sentencing judge determined objective seriousness – where co-offender received higher sentence – whether co-offender's sentence and comparative cases demonstrative of error – subjective cases – whether sentences encompassed the whole of the criminality Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 3LA, Part 1B Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5D Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), ss 11.1(1), 307.5(1) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 25(2) Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 Chamon v R [2020] NSWCCA 112 Chen v R [2018] NSWCCA 158 DH v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 200 Hili v R; Jones v R (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Huckstadt v R [2016] NSWCCA 22 Jaafar v R [2022] NSWCCA 254 Lai v R [2021] NSWCCA 217 Lau v R [2014] NSWCCA 179 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665; [1999] HCA 29 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Pham v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 R v Doff [2005] NSWCCA 119 R v FF [2023] NSWCCA 186 R v Gu [2006] NSWCCA 104 R v Kassir [2020] NSWCCA 88 R v Lembke [2020] NSWCCA 293 R v Mereb; R v Younan [2014] NSWCCA 149 R v Nguyen (2010) 205 A Crim R 106; [2010] NSWCCA 238 R v Sara [2020] NSWCCA 119 R v Schelvis; R v Hildebrand [2016] QCA 294 R v Yeo [2012] SASCFC 60 Ryan v R [2009] NSWCCA 183 Shakhanov v R [2019] VSCA 38 Tran v The Queen [2021] VSCA 278 Udunna v R [2020] NSWCCA 304 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Proceedings 2021/88672 Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Appellant) Lawrie Sampson Barkl (Respondent)