AC v R [2016] NSWCCA 107

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: AC v R [2016] NSWCCA 107 Hearing dates: 16 May 2016 Date of orders: 08 June 2016 Decision date: 08 June 2016 Before: Chief Justice T Bathurst at [1] Schmidt J at [2] Wilson J at [90] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal be allowed. (2) The appeal be dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – leave to appeal against sentence – – Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 66EA offence – whether there was a failure to give weight to the "victim impact statement" – whether there was a failure to take into account prospects of rehabilitation, and likelihood re-offending – whether there should have been a finding of special circumstances – appeal allowed – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: ARS v R [2011] NSWCCA 266 Butters v R [2010] NSWCCA 1 Caristo v R [2011] NSWCCA 7 R v Fidow [2004] NSWCCA 172 Langbein v R [2008] NSWCCA 38; (2008) 181 A Crim R 378 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; (2009) 195 A Crim R 1 R v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56; (2014) 239 A Crim R 469 R v Hutchinson [1994] 15 Cr App R (S) 134 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Newman; R v Simpson [2004] NSWCCA 102; (2004) 145 A Crim R 361 R v Nunn [1996] 2 Cr App R (S) 136 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353; 127 A Crim R 369 R v Roche [1999] 2 Cr App R (S) 105 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Van Hong Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 Shaw v R [2008] NSWCCA 58 Shrestha v The Queen [1991] HCA 26; (1991) 173 CLR 48 TS v R [2007] NSWCCA 194 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44; (2012) 223 A Crim R 460 Category: Principal judgment Parties: AC (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Lange (Applicant) Mr E Balodis (Crown)