Raniga v R [2016] NSWCCA 36

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Raniga v R [2016] NSWCCA 36 Hearing dates: 26 February 2016 Date of orders: 11 March 2016 Decision date: 11 March 2016 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Johnson J at [2] Davies J at [3] Decision: Leave to appeal refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – possess unauthorised firearm – challenge to assessment of objective seriousness –applicant a member of a criminal organisation – inference that weapon could be used in connection with criminal activities – objective seriousness assessed at upper end of mid-range – no error demonstrated – whether sentence manifestly excessive – use of statistics – use of comparative cases – sentence not manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Atkinson v R [2014] NSWCCA 262 Ayshow v R [2011] NSWCCA 240 Bejanov v R [2013] NSWCCA 207 Dang v R [2014] NSWCCA 47 El Masri v R [2014] NSWCCA 13 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Huynh v R [2008] NSWCCA 216 Kiernan v R [2016] NSWCCA 12 Lowe v R [2015] NSWCCA 46 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Pham v R [2014] NSWCCA 1115 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Farrell [2015] NSWCCA 68 Satuala Nanai v R [2012] NSWCCA 141 Thalari v R [2009] NSWCCA 170; (2009) 75 NSWLR 307 Van Vinh Cao v R [2013] NSWCCA 321 Vandeventer v R [2013] NSWCCA 33 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tony Raniga (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: W Hunt (Applicant) N Noman SC (Crown)