Kaddour v R [2017] NSWCCA 294

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kaddour v R [2017] NSWCCA 294 Hearing dates: 24 November 2017 Date of orders: 01 December 2017 Decision date: 01 December 2017 Before: Leeming JA [1]; Fullerton J [12]; Adamson J [13] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – whether offending on parole erroneously taken into account on assessment of objective seriousness – HELD – no error demonstrated – sentencing judge adopted sequence of relevant matters submitted by parties – finding of objective seriousness preceded mention of fact that offence committed while applicant on conditional liberty – need to read reasons fairly and as a whole Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 21A, 54B Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 24, 26 Cases Cited: Boney v R [2015] NSWCCA 291 C G Maloney Pty Ltd v Noon [2011] NSWCA 397 Chiro v The Queen [2017] HCA 37 Commonwealth v Bank of New South Wales (1949) 79 CLR 497 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Osborne v R; R v Osborne [2017] NSWCCA 11 Sharma v R [2017] NSWCCA 85 Veen v The Queen [No 2] (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 Waterways Authority v Fitzgibbon [2005] HCA 57; 79 ALJR 1816 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kalid Kaddour (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I Lloyd QC (Applicant) T Smith (Respondent)