Kaminic v R [2014] NSWCCA 116

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kaminic v R [2014] NSWCCA 116 Hearing dates: 3/06/2014 Decision date: 30 June 2014 Before: Ward JA at [1]; Fullerton J at [14]; Hamill J at [73] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal granted. 2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - accessory after the fact to murder - whether sentencing judge erred in failing to backdate the sentence to take into account the applicant's pre-sentence custody - whether sentencing judge erred in assessment of objective seriousness - whether sentence is manifestly excessive - parity Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Carroll v The Queen [2009] HCA 13; 83 ALJR 579 De Simoni v The Queen (1981) 147 CLR 383 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Gill v R [2010] NSWCCA 236 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 Hili and Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 House v R [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Postlewaight v R [2011] NSWCCA 279 R v Almirol (No 2) [2007] NSWSC 323 R v Bhullar [2012] NSWSC 93 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 R v Cowen [2008] NSWSC 104 R v Deeble (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW) 19 September 1991, unrep) R v Dileski [2002] NSWCCA 345; 132 A Crim R 345 R v Ditfort [1999] NSWCCA 442 R v Elsworth [2000] NSWSC 582 R v English [2000] NSWCCA 245 R v Farroukh (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW) 29 March 1996, unrep) R v Faulkner [2000] NSWSC 944 R v Ferrett [2010] NSWSC 546 R v Galea [2000] NSWSC 301 R v Gersteling [2004] NSWSC 502 R v Jin [2011] NSWSC 169 R v KB; R v JL; R v RJB [2011] NSWCCA 190 R v Lattouf (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW) 12 December 1996, unrep) R v Leung [2000] NSWSC 824 R v Mirad [2004] NSWSC 701 R v Munday (1981) 2 NSWLR 117 R v Phan [2001] NSWSC 1069; 126 A Crim R 257 R v Quach [2002] NSWSC 1205 R v RAF [1999] NSWSC 615 R v Rodriguez [2012] NSWSC 663 R v Smith [2013] NSWSC 796 R v Szkudelski [1999] NSWSC 178 R v Ward [2004] NSWSC 420 R v Waters [1999] NSWSC 893 R v Willard [2001] NSWCCA 6; 120 A Crim R 450 Urriola v R [2012] NSWCCA 95 Warren v Coombs (1979) 142 CLR 531 Wiggins v R [2010] NSWCCA 30 Ying v Song [2009] NSWSC 1344 Texts Cited: M Harding & I Malkin, "The High Court of Australia's Obiter Dicta and Decision-Making in Lower Court" (2012) 34(2) Sydney Law Review 239 The Hon K Mason, "The distinctiveness and independence of intermediate courts of appeal" (2012) 86 ALJ 308, 317ff Category: Principal judgment Parties: Senad Kaminic (Applicant) The Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: H Dhanji SC (Applicant) S Herbert (Crown)