R v MA [2023] NSWDC 567

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v MA [2023] NSWDC 567 Hearing dates: 15 – 16, 22 – 26, 29 – 31 May 2023, 1 – 2, 5 – 9, 13 – 16, 19 – 23, 26 – 30 June 2023, 3 – 7, 10 – 14, 17 – 21, 24 – 28, 31 July 2023, 1 – 4, 7 – 11, 14 – 15 August 2023, 5 December 2023 Date of orders: 15 December 2023 Decision date: 15 December 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: J Smith SC DCJ Decision: See [73] Catchwords: CRIME – s 43A(2) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – failure to provide necessities of life – alternative charge to manslaughter – guilty verdicts following trial – high level of objective seriousness

SENTENCING – citizenship and migration – visa – detention – relevance of potential impact on sentence of decision on migration status – whether immigration detention amounts to punishment – immigration detention as quasi-custody – lack of remorse Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Cases Cited: Afful v R [2021] NSWCCA 111 Alexander v The Minister for Home Affairs (2022) 96 ALJR 560 Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37; 219 CLR 562 ARJ17 v Minister of Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 98 Cheung v R (2001) 209 CLR 1 Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1 DG v R (No 1) [2023] NSWCCA 320 Hatahet v The King [2023] NSWCCA 305 NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] HCA 37 Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth [2003] HCA 2; 211 CLR 476 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374 R v Latumetan and Murwanto [2003] NSWCCA 70 R v Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3; 299 A Crim R 391 SZRWS v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (No 3) [2022] FedCFamC2G 447; 369 FLR 167 Texts Cited: NA Category: Principal judgment Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions NSW (Crown) MA (Offender) Representation: Counsel: T Abdulhak (Crown Prosecutor) Greg James AM KC (Offender)