El-Jalkh v R [2011] NSWCCA 236

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: El-Jalkh v R [2011] NSWCCA 236 Hearing dates: 12 October 2011 Decision date: 03 November 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: McClellan CJ at CL at 1 Latham J at 2 Harrison J at 3 Decision: 1. Grant leave to appeal. 2. Allow the appeal. 3. Quash the sentence imposed upon the applicant by Williams DCJ on 1 October 2010 and in lieu thereof sentence the applicant to a term of imprisonment of 10 years commencing on 24 November 2006 and expiring on 23 November 2016 with a non-parole period of 5 years and 3 months commencing on 24 November 2006 and expiring on 23 February 2012. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - whether applicant has justifiable sense of grievance for sentence imposed on co-offender - where applicant's medical condition taken into account when determining non-parole period - whether medical condition taken into account for overall term of imprisonment - whether new evidence of deterioration of medical condition means sentencing judge did not have full appreciation of the condition - whether sentencing discretion miscarried where prison authorities failed to make medical treatment available - whether error of commencement date of sentence - sentence adjusted and reduced by 1 month Legislation Cited: Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 Criminal Code Act 1995 Customs Act 1901 Cases Cited: Anderson v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 130; (2010) 202 A Crim R 68 El-Jalkh v R [2009] NSWCCA 139 Fisher v R [2008] NSWCCA 103 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Lowe v The Queen [1984] HCA 46; (1984) 154 CLR 606 New South Wales v Bujdoso [2005] HCA 76; (2005) 227 CLR 1 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v BEG [2001] NSWCCA 341 R v Keir [2004] NSWCCA 106 R v Munday (1981) 2 NSWLR 177 R v Szabo [2003] NSWCCA 431 R v Vachalec (1981) 1 NSWLR 351 Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Refrigerated Roadways Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 263; (2009) 77 NSWLR 360 Withers v R [2009] NSWCCA 133 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Antoine El-Jalkh (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: P Lange (Applicant) R Sutherland SC (Crown) Nyman Gibson Stewart (Applicant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2004/16157 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2010-10-01 00:00:00 Before: Williams DCJ File Number(s): 2004/16157