Galvin v R [2015] NSWCCA 88

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Galvin v R [2015] NSWCCA 88 Hearing dates: 5 March 2015 Date of orders: 08 May 2015 Decision date: 08 May 2015 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; Johnson J at [2]; Schmidt J at [3] Decision: Leave to appeal granted, but appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - appeal against severity of sentence - ongoing supply of amphetamine - firearms offence related to possession of taser - whether the objective criminality of the applicant was approximately equivalent to that of his co-offender – whether sentence was manifestly excessive – applicable standard of proof in determining the applicant's (lack of) remorse – leave to appeal granted – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 Weapons Prohibition Act 1988 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Alvares v R; Farache v R [2011] NSWCCA 33; (2011) 209 A Crim R 297 Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34; (1938) 60 CLR 336 Cahyadi v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 1; (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Delaney v R; R v Delaney [2013] NSWCCA 150; (2013) 230 A Crim R 581 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321 Furia v R [2010] NSWCCA 326 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45, (2010) 242 CLR 520 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 Power v The Queen [1974] HCA 26; (1974) 131 CLR 623 R v Barton [2001] NSWCCA 63; (2001) 121 A Crim R 185 R v Giang [2005] NSWCCA 387 R v Hoon; R v Pouoa [2000] NSWCCA 137 R v MacDonnell [2002] NSWCCA 34 R v Rae [2013] NSWCCA 9 Sinkovich v The Queen [2011] NSWCCA 90 Subramaniam v R [2013] NSWCCA 159 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Shane Melvin Galvin Regina Representation: Counsel: Mr W Hunt (Applicant) Ms G O'Rourke (Crown)