Rees v R [2012] NSWCCA 47

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Rees v R [2012] NSWCCA 47 Hearing dates: 21/02/2012 Decision date: 30 March 2012 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1] R S Hulme J at [2] Garling J at [9] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted; (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - Sentencing - Parity principle - Offenders convicted of same offence - Identical sentences imposed for offence - Co-offender given partially concurrent sentence for subsequent offence committed on bail - Whether justifiable sense of grievance at the effective sentence of co-offender - Good and adequate reason for discrepancy - Discrepancy not marked - Reduction would make sentence inadequate - Not entitled to reduction in sentence Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 Cases Cited: DGM v R [2006] NSWCCA 296 Green v R; Quinn v R [2011] HCA 49 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Lowe v The Queen [1984] HCA 46; 154 CLR 606 Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70; 166 CLR 59 Postiglione v R [1997] HCA 26; 189 CLR 295 R v Chen [2002] NSWCCA 174; 130 A Crim R 300 R v Kelly [2005] NSWCCA 280; 155 A Crim R 499 R v M (CA) (1996) 105 CCC (3d) 327 R v Taudevin [1996] 2 VR 402 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jayden Rees (appellant) Regina (respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Strickland SC (appellant) J R Dwyer (respondent) Solicitors; Mark Klees & Associates (appellant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (respondent) File Number(s): 2009/247189 Publication restriction: Nil