Lawson v R [2012] NSWCCA 56

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lawson v R [2012] NSWCCA 56 Hearing dates: 30 March 2012 Decision date: 05 April 2012 Before: Beazley JA Harrison J McCallum J Decision: Leave to appeal granted Appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - whether the sentencing judge erred by failing to take into consideration statistics from the Judicial Commission - whether the judge erred in the assessment of the objective seriousness of the offences - whether the judge failed to take into account relevant mitigating factors - appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse & Trafficking Act 1985 Weapons Prohibition Act 1988 Cases Cited: House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Louizos v R, R v Louizos [2009] NSWCCA 71 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39 MLP v R (2006) 164 A Crim R 93 R v MacDonnell (2002) 128 A Crim R 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Randy Charles Lawson (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: L Rowan (Applicant) P G Ingram SC (Crown) Solicitors: John Anthony Solicitors (Applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/62839 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2010-09-23 00:00:00 Before: Coolahan DCJ File Number(s): 2009/62839