ZHI XIONG CHEN v REGINA [2011] NSWCCA 85

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: ZHI XIONG CHEN v REGINA [2011] NSWCCA 85 Hearing dates: 5 April 2011 Decision date: 13 April 2011 Before: Macfarlan JA at 1 Hoeben J at 2 Garling J at 3 Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - Appeal against sentence - Malicious infliction of grievous bodily harm - Actual use of a weapon - Offence committed in company and planned - Mitigating factors present - Sentencing judge made finding of special circumstances - Whether sentence was manifestly excessive - Whether a more substantial adjustment of the statutory non-parole period ratio is warranted - Court is slow to intervene in discretionary decisions of the sentencing judge - Use of statistics Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Caristo v R [2011] NSWCCA 7 Heron v R [2006] NSWCCA 215 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Power v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 623 Quayle v R [2010] NSWCCA 16 R v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 R v El Hayek (2004) 144 A Crim R 90 R v George [2004] NSWCCA 247 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 Trad v R [2009] NSWCCA 56 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Zhi Xiong Chen (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A. Bellanto QC (Applicant) D. Arnott SC (Respondent) Solicitors: Villaneuva Solicitors (Applicant) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/037049 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Citation: R v Zhi Xiong Chen Date of Decision: 2010-06-11 00:00:00 Before: O'Connor DCJ File Number(s): 2009/037049