NGATI, John Walsh v R [2014] NSWCCA 125

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: NGATI, John Walsh v R [2014] NSWCCA 125 Hearing dates: 24 June 2014 Decision date: 10 July 2014 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Rothman J at [2] Beech-Jones J at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: SENTENCING - robbery in company with wounding - offender with intelligence in the "low extreme range" - whether moral culpability affected - findings of sentencing judge addressed offender's criminal culpability - no error established. Legislation Cited: - Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 86, s 97 - Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 32, s 53A Cases Cited: - Aslan v R [2014] NSWCCA 114 - Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 - Elturk v R [2014] NSWCCA 61 - McLaren v R [2012] NSWCCA 284 - Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; 244 CLR 120 - R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; 46 NSWLR 346 Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Walsh Ngati (Appellant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D. Barrow (Applicant) R.A. Herps (Respondent) Solicitors: Takchi & Associates Solicitors (Applicant) S. Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2011/174209 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2013-05-27 00:00:00 Before: His Honour Judge Marien SC File Number(s): 2011/174209