PG v R [2017] NSWCCA 179

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: PG v R [2017] NSWCCA 179 Hearing dates: 8 March 2017 Decision date: 28 July 2017 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Button J and N Adams J at [70] Decision: 1. Grant the applicant leave to appeal from the judgment on sentence of the District Court delivered on 17 November 2014.

2. Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – sentencing – parity principle – applicant's undiscounted sentence significantly greater than co‑offender's – whether justifiable sense of grievance – whether appropriate to compare undiscounted sentences – whether evidential differences justified disparity in initial sentences

CRIME – sentencing – application of discounts for guilty pleas under Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) s 22 when imposing aggregate sentence under s 53A – whether appropriate to apply discount to aggregate sentence or putative individual sentences Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3, 4, 21A, 22, 24, 53A; Pt 2, Div 1; Pt 3 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 8, 33 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2010 (NSW), Sch 2 [14] Cases Cited: Bao v R [2016] NSWCCA 16 Elsaj v R [2017] NSWCCA 124 Glare v R [2015] NSWCCA 194 Green v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Hampton v R [2014] NSWCCA 131 JL v R [2014] NSWCCA 130 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297 Khawaja v R [2014] NSWCCA 80 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606 Martin v R [2014] NSWCCA 124 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Cahill [2015] NSWCCA 53 R v Nykolyn [2012] NSWCCA 219 R v SY and Anor [2003] NSWCCA 291 R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; 195 A Crim R 1 SHR v R [2014] NSWCCA 94 Stoeski v Regina [2014] NSWCCA 161 Subramaniam v R [2013] NSWCCA 159 Category: Principal judgment Parties: PG (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Avenell (Applicant) E Balodis (Respondent)