Cullen v R [2014] NSWCCA 162

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Cullen v R [2014] NSWCCA 162 Hearing dates: 11 August 2014 Decision date: 18 August 2014 Before: Macfarlan at [1] Adamson J at [2] Bellew J at [51] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal (2) Appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL APPEAL - leave to appeal against sentence - no failure to state the commencement date with respect to each of the sentences imposed since aggregate sentence imposed - aggregate sentence - indicative sentence - significance of court record of sentence imposed - whether sentence was manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) District Court Rules 1973 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Achurch v The Queen [2014] HCA 10; 306 ALR 566 Bailey v Marinoff [1971] HCA 49; 125 CLR 529 Burrell v The Queen [2008] HCA 34; 238 CLR 218 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; 202 CLR 321 Erceg v The District Court of New South Wales [2003] NSWCA 379; 143 A Crim R 455 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; 244 CLR 120 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bradley James Cullen (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: E Ozen (Applicant) V Lydiard (Respondent) S E O'Connor - Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) S Kavanagh - Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2012/217671 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2013-06-21 00:00:00 Before: Blackmore DCJ File Number(s): 2012/217671