Williams v R [2013] NSWCCA 168

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Williams v R [2013] NSWCCA 168 Hearing dates: 3 July 2013 Decision date: 18 July 2013 Before: Ward JA; Fullerton J; Schmidt J Decision: The application for extension of time to appeal is refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - application for extension of time to apply for leave to appeal against severity of sentence - attempted contract killing - merits of application considered - parity - application refused Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Bowtell v R [2004] NSWCCA 17 Edwards v R [2009] NSWCCA 199 El Hassan v R [2003] NSWCCA 252 Flack v R [2011] NSWCCA 167 Green v R; Quinn v R [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462; 214 A Crim R 152 Jimmy v R [2010] NSWCCA 60; (2010) 77 NSWLR 540 Kauwenberghs v R [2008] NSWCCA 98; (2008) 186 A Crim R 197 Louizos v R [2009] NSWCCA 71; (2009) 194 A Crim R 223 Lowe v R [2013] NSWCCA 141 Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 Ng v R [2011] NSWCCA 227; 214 A Crim R 191 Osman v R [2008] NSWCCA 157 Phanith v R [2009] NSWCCA 274 R v Christie [2000] NSWCCA 354 R v Tan (New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal, 11 March 2004, Unreported) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Chad David Williams (Applicant) Crown (Regina) Representation: Counsel: H Dhanji SC (Applicant) M Cinque (Crown) Solicitors: Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2007/10971 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2008-03-06 00:00:00 Before: O'Connor QC DCJ File Number(s): 2007/10971