Ghorbanpour v R [2017] NSWCCA 154

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ghorbanpour v R [2017] NSWCCA 154 Hearing dates: 26 June 2017 Date of orders: 26 June 2017 Decision date: 26 June 2017 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] R A Hulme J at [2] Garling J at [3] Decision: Application dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – particular offences – drug offences

CRIMINAL LAW – release application – show cause offences – significant period of time on remand – strong Crown case – cause not shown Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Not Applicable Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Principal judgment Parties: Saied Ghorbanpour (Applicant) The Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Thomas (Applicant) G Newtown (Crown Prosecutors)

Solicitors: A Sahinovic - Havas & Dib Lawyers (Applicant) M Day - Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/56432 Publication restriction: Not to be published prior to the completion of the trial of the applicant.

Judgment 1. HOEBEN CJ at CL: I agree with Garling J. 2. R A HULME J: I agree with Garling J. 3. GARLING J: Saied Ghorbanpour (the applicant) filed a Release Application seeking a grant of bail on 15 May 2017. 4. At the conclusion of the hearing of the application on 26 June 2017, the Court ordered that the application be dismissed and indicated that reasons would be delivered in due course. These are my reasons for joining in with the order made on 26 June 2017. 5. This Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine the Release Application because the applicant has previously made two applications for bail to the Supreme Court in respect of the present charges: s 67(1)(e) of the Bail Act 2013.