R v Flanagan [2024] NSWCCA 249

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Flanagan [2024] NSWCCA 249 Hearing dates: 22 November 2024 Date of orders: 22 November 2024 Decision date: 20 December 2024 Before: Hamill J at [1] N Adams J at [2] Coleman J at [9] Decision: The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW — Appeals — Crown appeal against sentence — Manifest inadequacy — Aggregate sentence — Totality — Aggregate sentence not reflecting the totality of the criminality — Appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aryal v R [2021] NSWCCA 2 Ayoub v R [2024] NSWCCA 168 Bojlevski v R [2024] NSWCCA 208 Bugmy v R (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Cahyadi v R (2007) [2007] NSWCCA 1; 168 A Crim R 41 CMB v Attorney General for New South Wales (2015) 256 CLR 346; [2015] HCA 9 Legge v R [2007] NSWCCA 244 R v Brown [2012] NSWCCA 199 R v Grover [2013] NSWCCA 149 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; (1999) 106 A Crim R 149; [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v MAK; R v MSK [2006] NSWCCA 381; (2006) 167 A Crim R 159 R v Ponfield (1999) 48 NSWLR 327; [1999] NSWCCA 435 R v Sara [2020] NSWCCA 119 WS v R [2023] NSWCCA 52 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex (Appellant) Paul Flanagan (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Tran (Appellant) P Krisenthal (Respondent)