Saraya v Regina [2015] NSWCCA 63

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Saraya v Regina [2015] NSWCCA 63 Hearing dates: 7 October 2014 Decision date: 16 April 2015 Before: Meagher JA; Fullerton J; Schmidt J Decision: Grant leave to appeal against sentence. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – parity principle – whether manifestly inadequate sentences of co-offenders enliven appellate discretion to reduce appellant's sentence – whether in exercise of that discretion Court should reduce sentence to a level which does not reflect the criminality involved Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 53A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6(3) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 25(1), 33 Cases Cited: Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 Jimmy v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 60; 77 NSWLR 540 Jones v the Queen (1993) 67 ALJR 376 Josefski v R [2010] NSWCCA 41; 217 A Crim R 183 Lowe v The Queen [1984] HCA 46; 154 CLR 606 Nguyen v R [2007] NSWCCA 15 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; 189 CLR 295 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; 195 A Crim R 1 R v Bellorini and R v Ruiz [2000] NSWCCA 50 R v Diamond (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 18 February 1993, unrep) R v Doan [2000] NSWCCA 317; 50 NSWLR 115 R v Ismunandar and Siregar [2002] NSWCCA 477; 136 A Crim R 206 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270 R v Rexhaj (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 29 February 1996, unrep) R v Chen & Others [2002] NSWCCA 174; 130 A Crim R 300 Youkhana v R [2011] NSWCCA 37 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Youssaf Saraya (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: I. Lloyd QC (Applicant) P. Ingram SC (Crown)