Dang v R [2014] NSWCCA 47

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dang v R [2014] NSWCCA 47 Hearing dates: 2 April 2014 Decision date: 09 April 2014 Before: Simpson J at [1] Davies J at [2] Adamson J at [3] Decision: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - appeal - alleging error based on exchanges in course of the hearing - relevance of secondary count being included in principal count - framing of charges under prosecutorial discretion - whether leave to appeal ought be sought on grounds contrary to concessions made before primary judge -whether procedural unfairness occurred when primary judge fixed non-parole period in excess of a prior indication - no denial of procedural fairness- whether sentence was manifestly excessive - caution to be exercised when drawing direct comparisons with other sentences Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 527C Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 9, s 21A Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 25, s 25A Cases Cited: Button v R [2010] NSWCCA 264 Carroll v The Queen [2009] HCA 13 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; 202 CLR 321 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen [2005] HCA 45; (2010) 242 CLR 520 Koklas v R [2003] NSWCCA 302 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; 46 NSWLR 346 Re Minister for Immigration & Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; ex parte Lam [2003] HCA 6; 214 CLR 1 Tran v R [2007] NSWCCA 140 Weir v R [2011] NSWCCA 123 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Phong Dang (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Barrow (Applicant) N Noman SC (Respondent) Solicitors: SE O'Connor, Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) S Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2012/922590 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2012-12-03 00:00:00 Before: Syme J File Number(s): 2012/92259