LANG, Dylan Craig v R [2013] NSWCCA 29

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: LANG, Dylan Craig v R [2013] NSWCCA 29 Hearing dates: 12 December 2012 Decision date: 19 February 2013 Before: McClellan CJ at CL at 1 Rothman J at 2 Adamson J at 54 Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted; (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence appeal - manifestly excessive; whether - parity between co-offenders - mistaken view of concurrency in applicant's sentence in setting co-offender's sentence relied on for disparity - justifiable sense of grievance - appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Cases Cited: Dinsdale v R [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 231 Hili v R; Jones v R [2010] HCA 45; (2010) 242 CLR 520 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Johnson [2004] NSWCCA 76 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242; (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v Whyte [2002] NSWCCA 343; (2002) 55 NSWLR 252 Veen v R (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Wong v R; Leung v R [2001] HCA 64; (2001) 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dylan Craig Lang (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: K Averre (Applicant) P G Ingram SC (Respondent) Solicitors: Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2010/420036 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2011-09-21 00:00:00 Before: Blanch CJDC File Number(s): 2010/420036