Burrows v R [2017] NSWCCA 45

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Burrows v R [2017] NSWCCA 45 Hearing dates: 1 March 2017 Date of orders: 24 March 2017 Decision date: 24 March 2017 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1] Schmidt J at [2] Wilson J at [3] Decision: Leave to appeal is refused. Catchwords: SENTENCE APPEAL – specially aggravated break enter commit serious indictable offence – joint criminal enterprise – violent home invasion with intentional wounding – whether sentencing judge erred in assessment of culpability – whether sentencing judge gave adequate weight to applicant's age – young offender – whether parity principle observed – no error found – leave to appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bland v R [2014] NSWCCA 82 DF v R [2012] NSWCCA 171 England v R; Phanith v R [2009] NSWCCA 274 Gill v R [2010] NSWCCA 236 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462 Lowe v The Queen [1984] HCA 46; (1984) CLR 606 Majid v R [2010] NSWCCA 121 Pham and Ly v R (1991) 55 A Crim R 128 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v AEM Snr & Ors [2002] NSWCCA 58 R v Fidow [2004] NSWCCA 172 R v JW [2010] NSWCCA 49 R v Loveridge (2014) 243 A Crim R 31 R v MA [2004] NSWCCA 92; (2004) 145 A Crim R 434 R v Tangye (1997) 92 A Crim R 545 R v Wright [2009] NSWCCA 3 Sheen v R [2014] NSWCCA 42 Tatana v R [2006] NSWCCA 398 Yang v R [2012] NSWCCA 49 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Burrows – Applicant Regina – Respondent Crown Representation: Counsel: H Dhanji SC – Applicant M Cinque SC – Respondent Crown