Ghobrial v R [2012] NSWCCA 221

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ghobrial v R [2012] NSWCCA 221 Hearing dates: 30 July 2012 Decision date: 12 October 2012 Before: Hoeben JA at [1] Johnson J at [2] Button J at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence appeal - robbery in company - no exceptional circumstances - no failure to give appropriate weight to mitigating factors - no error in failure to suspend sentences - sentence not manifestly excessive

CRIMINAL LAW - sentence appeal - robbery in company - finding of no exceptional circumstances evaluative judgment - whether error to be determined in accordance with House v King principles Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Supreme Court Act 1970 Cases Cited: Aoun v R [2011] NSWCCA 284 Elyard v R [2006] NSWCCA 43 DAO v R [2011] NSWCCA 63; (2011) 278 ALR 765 Hanania v R [2012] NSWCCA 220 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Ng v R [2011] NSWCCA 227 R v Blackman and Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Kain [2004] NSWCCA 143 R v Kelly (1993) 30 NSWLR 64 R v Murchie [1999] NSWCCA 424; (1999) 108 A Crim R 482 R v Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Thompson [2005] NSWCCA 340 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Yuksel; R v Sirtlan [2012] NSWCCA 84 Warren v Coombes [1979] HCA 9; (1979) 142 CLR 531 Yang v R [2012] NSWCCA 49 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Benjamin Samy Ghobrial (applicant) Regina (respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Dalton SC (applicant) J Girdham (respondent) Solicitors: Benjamin & Leonardo Lawyers (applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (respondent) File Number(s): 2011/40414 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2011-11-18 00:00:00 Before: Keleman DCJ File Number(s): 2011/40414