Kapila v R [2024] NSWCCA 48

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kapila v R [2024] NSWCCA 48 Hearing dates: 29 November 2023 Date of orders: 05 April 2024 Decision date: 05 April 2024 Before: Harrison CJ at CL at [1] Button J at [2] Weinstein J at [3] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against sentence – whether the sentencing judge erred by double counting a Form 1 offence when assessing the objective seriousness of a count to which it did not attach – facts and circumstances of a Form 1 offence may be considered to provide context – no demonstrable error – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 93T, 192E(1)(b), 193C(1), 344A(1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 25D(2), 32(1), 33(1) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(c) Cases Cited: Ahmad v R [2022] NSWCCA 144 Andrew Smith v R [2013] NSWCCA 209 Dang v R [2014] NSWCCA 47 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v TH [2023] NSWCCA 81 Lonsdale v R [2020] NSWCCA 267 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Ragg v R [2022] NSWCCA 150 RL v R [2018] NSWCCA 274 RO v R [2019] NSWCCA 183 Singh v R [2021] NSWCCA 96 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nitin Kapila (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Trevallion (Applicant) V Garrity (Respondent)