Qing An v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 53

Appeal Outcome: Special leave refused by the High Court - 5 October 2007

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Qing An v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 53 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 4 August 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 7 March 2007

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Hulme J at 122; Hislop J at 201

DECISION: See paragraph 121.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – irregularity – consideration of prejudicial evidence by jury during deliberation – failure to discharge jury – whether trial judge gave appropriate directions - SENTENCING – application of s 44 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) – term of sentence followed by non-parole period – whether trial judge failed to correctly impose sentence - SENTENCING – grouping of offences – sentencing for individual offences – whether trial judge erred in not differentiating between offences within grouping – accelerating criminality - whether trial judge erred in having regard to date of offence not seriousness in imposing sentence - SENTENCING – parity in sentencing co-offenders – concept of fairness and legitimate sense of grievance - SENTENCING – comparable sentence - promotion of consistency in sentencing – whether sentence manifestly excessive compared to sentence for similar offences under Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 97(1) - SENTENCING – totality - accumulation of sentence – accumulation of sentence as a special circumstance

Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 97(1), (2) LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 33, 44 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) ss 6, 6(3), 10(1)(a)

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