R v Huang [2025] NSWSC 120

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Huang [2025] NSWSC 120 Hearing dates: 7 February 2025 Date of orders: 4 March 2025 Decision date: 04 March 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: Sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 4 years 6 months imprisonment, to date from 25 March 2022 and expiring on 24 September 2026 with a non-parole period of 3 years 4 months, expiring on 24 July 2025. Catchwords: CRIME – sentencing – accessory after the fact to murder – obtain financial benefit by deception – plea of guilty to both principal offences - consideration of Form 1 offences SENTENCING – objective seriousness of offence – discussion of principles relevant to non-exculpatory duress – nature of threats made to offender – difference between subjective fear of harm and express or implied threat of harm – whether involvement in offence was affected by duress – weight to be given to non-exculpatory duress on sentence SENTENCING – subjective factors – assistance to authorities – whether assistance provided to police as of a high order – utilitarian value of guilty plea – lack of demonstrated remorse available on evidence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Cherdchoochatri v R (2013) 277 FLR 126; [2013] NSWCCA 118 Cheung v The Queen (2001) 209 CLR 1; [2001] HCA 67 Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v Lynch [1975] AC 653 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 Goodbun v R [2020] NSWCCA 77 Hernandez v R [2013] NSWCCA 51 Jackson v R [2020] NSWCCA 230 Kaminic v R [2014] NSWCCA 116 Lindsay v The Queen [2012] NSWCCA 124 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Nguyen v R [2021] NSWCCA 118 R v Adam Cranston [2023] NSWSC 1004 R v Cameron; R v Ford; R v Wilkinson [2016] NSWSC 1342 R v Dawson [1978] VR 536 R v Day (2009) 262 LSJS 187; [2009] SASC 84 R v Dev Menon [2023] NSWSC 768 R v Farroukh and Farroukh (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 29 March 1996, unrep) R v Hurley [1967] VR 526 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374; (1997) 90 A Crim R 587 R v Johnson [2014] NSWSC 1254 R v Lorenz (1998) 146 FLR 39 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 R v Scott [2005] NSWCCA 152 R v Ward [2004] NSWSC 420 R v XX (2009) 195 A Crim R 38; [2009] NSWCCA 115 Singh v R (2020) 104 NSWLR 43; [2020] NSWCCA 353 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 The King v Anna Rowan (A Pseudonym) (2024) 278 CLR 470; [2024] HCA 9 Tiknius v R [2011] NSWCCA 215; 221 A Crim R 365 WG v R; KG v R [2020] NSWCCA 155 Texts Cited: David Ormerod and David Perry, Blackstone's Criminal Practice (35th ed, 2024, Oxford University Press) Glanville Williams and Dennis Baker, Treatise of Criminal Law (6th ed, 2024, LexisNexis) Halsbury's Laws of England (5th ed), vol 26 (2020), Criminal Law Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) Junqi Huang (Offender) Representation: Counsel: C. Taylor (Crown) J. Stratton SC (Offender)