Miles v R [2017] NSWCCA 266

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Miles v R [2017] NSWCCA 266 Hearing dates: 6 November 2017 Date of orders: 16 November 2017 Decision date: 16 November 2017 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; Rothman J at [11]; Hamill J at [67] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal be granted;

(2) Appeal be upheld;

(3) The sentence imposed on the Applicant, Benjamin Adam Miles, by the District Court on 10 June 2016, be quashed and in lieu thereof the following sentence be imposed:

(a) An aggregate sentence, being a sentence of a non-parole period of 3 years and 9 months commencing 27 August 2015 and expiring 26 May 2019 and a balance of term of 3 years and 3 months, concluding 26 August 2022.

(b) The Applicant is first eligible for parole on 26 May 2019. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – conceded error in taking Form 1 offences into account on each charge instead of specifying the count – principles of parity discussed in re-sentencing – appeal allowed – sentence reduced. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barnden v State of Western Australia [2014] WASCA 161 Cameron v R [2017] NSWCCA 229 Doumit v R [2011] NSWCCA 134 DS v R [2014] NSWCCA 267 England v R; Phanith v R [2009] NSWCCA 274 Green v R; Quinn v R (2011) 244 CLR 463; [2011] HCA 49 Hi v The Queen [2017] VSCA 315 Hilli 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 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v McGuire [2017] QCA 250 R v Phuong; R v Lewan [2015] SASCFC 70 Sparos v R (2013) 235 A Crim R 462; [2013] NSWCCA 223 Street v Queensland Bar Association (1989) 168 CLR 461; [1989] HCA 53; Tan v R [2014] NSWCCA 96 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 Wan v R [2017] NSWCCA 261 Woodward v R [2017] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Benjamin Adam Miles (Applicant) Regina (Respondent Crown) Representation: Counsel: P Skinner (Applicant) T Smith (Respondent Crown)