Hurmz v R [2017] NSWCCA 235

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hurmz v R [2017] NSWCCA 235 Hearing dates: 8 September 2017 Date of orders: 04 October 2017 Decision date: 04 October 2017 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1] Beech-Jones J at [2] Wilson J at [42] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against the sentence imposed on the applicant by Payne DCJ on 20 August 2015 for the offence of supplying a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug be granted;

(2) Appeal dismissed;

(3) Leave to appeal against the sentence imposed on the applicant by Williams DCJ on 27 May 2016 for the offence of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm be granted;

(4) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: SENTENCING – supply commercial quantity of cocaine – whether sentence of 9 years 9 months manifestly excessive – offender with prior history of drug offending – offender conducted business of supplying cocaine over six month period – 2.4kg supplied – sophisticated drug supply operation – use of comparable cases and statistics – sentence not manifestly excessive – leave to appeal granted – appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Crime (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Ayik v R [2013] NSWCCA 119 Betts v The Queen (2016) 258 CLR 420; [2016] HCA 25 Coetzee v R [2007] NSWCCA 12 DAB v R; NJB v R [2010] NSWCCA 275 Deakin v R [2014] NSWCCA 121 Dinsdale v The Queen (2002) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Farkas v R (2014) 243 A Crim R 388; [2014] NSWCCA 141 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665; [1999] HCA 29 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Minh Tan Pham v R (2009) 193 A Crim R 190; [2009] NSWCCA 25 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Pham v R [2013] NSWCCA 217 Prculovski v R [2010] NSWCCA 274 R v Emanuel [2004] NSWCCA 267 R v Jihad Mahmud [2010] NSWCCA 219 R v Kazzi [2008] NSWCCA 77 R v Li [2014] NSWCCA 327 R v Stankovic [2006] NSWCCA 229 Sevastopoulos v R [2011] NSWCCA 201 Spongberg v R [2017] NSWCCA 120 Vaisu v R [2017] NSWCCA 71 Wat v R [2017] NSWCCA 62 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 YY v R [2016] NSWCCA 124 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Danny Hurmz (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: B Walker SC; N Kirby (Applicant) T Smith (Respondent)