Portelli v R [2018] NSWCCA 28

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Portelli v R [2018] NSWCCA 28 Hearing dates: 21 February 2018 Decision date: 05 March 2018 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; Simpson JA at [2]; McCallum J at [50] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted;

(2) Appeal allowed; sentence imposed in the District Court on 22 September 2016 set aside;

(3) The matter be remitted to the District Court for resentencing. Catchwords: SENTENCING – non-parole period – standard non-parole period – where the sentencing judge misstated the standard non-parole period in sentencing – whether this error affected the exercise of the sentencing discretion

APPEAL – general principles – points and objections not taken below – when allowed to be raised on appeal – whether in the interests of justice to entertain an appeal ground

SENTENCING – appeal against sentence – powers of court – power to substitute sentence – where conflict of evidence before the Court – whether Court should resentence offender Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 44, 54B, Pt 4 Div 1A Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 112, 154A, 154C, 344A Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Lambert v R [2015] NSWCCA 22 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168; [2004] NSWCCA 131 Renshaw v R [2012] NSWCCA 91 Zreika v R (2012) 223 A Crim R 460; [2012] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Paul Portelli (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S C Russell (Applicant) T Smith (Respondent)