Conklin v R [2017] NSWCCA 275

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Conklin v R [2017] NSWCCA 275 Hearing dates: 10 July 2017; 20 July 2017 Decision date: 22 November 2017 Before: Simpson JA at [1]; Harrison J at [124]; Schmidt J at [125] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against conviction refused;

(2) Leave to appeal against sentence refused. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal against conviction – integrity of guilty plea – whether applicant understood the nature and elements of the charges

SENTENCING – appeal against sentence – plea of guilty – whether applicant saw and agreed to "agreed facts" tendered on sentence – whether Crown agreed not to oppose a specific term of imprisonment – whether Crown agreed not to oppose a specific discount for guilty plea Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 29D Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1) Criminal Code (Cth), s 134.2(1) Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen; Zirilli v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 Loury v R [2010] NSWCCA 158 Peters v The Queen (1998) 192 CLR 493; [1998] HCA 7 R v Chiron [1980] 1 NSWLR 218 R v Cincotta (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 1 November 1995, unreported) R v Ferrer-Esis (1991) 55 A Crim R 231 R v KCH (2001) 124 A Crim R 233; [2001] NSWCCA 273 R v Sagiv (1986) 22 A Crim R 73

R v Wilkes (2001) 122 A Crim R 310; [2001] NSWCCA 97 Thalari v R (2009) 75 NSWLR 307; [2009] NSWCCA 170 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jeffrey Leigh Conklin (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Bruckner/W R Johnson (Applicant) P McGuire SC/N Evans (Respondent)