Garcia-Godos v R (Cth) [2015] NSWCCA 144

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Garcia-Godos v R (Cth) [2015] NSWCCA 144 Hearing dates: 29 May 2015 Decision date: 17 June 2015 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Johnson J at [66] Beech-Jones J at [67] Decision: Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal pursuant to s 5F(3)(a) of Criminal Appeal Act 1912 – refusal by District Court to allow applicant to withdraw plea of guilty – no error of law in approach by District Court – no error in fact finding – no error in exercise of discretion – appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) – s 5F(3)(a) Criminal Code (Cth) – s 307.1(1), s 11.5(1), s 400.4(1) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) – s 16BA Cases Cited: Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22; 214 CLR 118 Frodsham v O'Gorman (1979) 1 NSWLR 683 House v R [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Khamis v R [2014] NSWCCA 152 Kim v R [2015] NSWCCA 115 Lawson v R [2011] NSWCCA 44; 206 A Crim R 557 Norvenska v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2007] NSWCCA 158 R v Boag (1994) 73 A Crim R 35 R v Sewell [2001] NSWCCA 299 R v Van [2002] NSWCCA 148, 129 A Crim R 229 Wong v DPP (NSW) [2005] NSWSC 129; 155 A Crim R 37 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Luis Alberto Gonzalo Garcia-Godos – Applicant Regina (Cth) – Respondent Crown Representation: Counsel: Applicant in person Mr S Bouveng - Respondent Crown