Obiekwe v R [2018] NSWCCA 55

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Obiekwe v R [2018] NSWCCA 55 Hearing dates: 7 March 2018 Date of orders: 06 April 2018 Decision date: 06 April 2018 Before: Payne JA at [1]; Johnson J at [82]; Campbell J at [83] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against the sentence imposed granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal against sentence – failure to take into account utilitarian considerations of the applicant's plea of guilty – Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 – error established – applicant to be re-sentenced by this Court - Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: DPP (Cth) v Peng [2014] VSCA 128 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37; Olbrich v The Queen (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 R (Cth) v Yuan [2015] NSWCCA 198; 252 A Crim R 422 R v Constant [2016] SASCFC 87; 126 SASR 1 R v Kaldor [2004] NSWCCA 425; (2004) 150 A Crim R 271 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238; 205 A Crim R 106 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353; (2001) 127 A Crim R 369 R v Scott [2017] SASCFC 96 R v Tam [2013] WASCSR 226 Saab v The Queen [2012] VSCA 165 Tiknius v R [2011] NSWCCA 215; 221 A Crim R 365 Tyler v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 247; (2007) 173 A Crim R 458 Wang v R [2010] NSWCCA 319 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 Texts Cited: None Category: Principal judgment Parties: Okechukwu Emmanuel Obiekwe (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Slade Howell (Applicant) Yaseen Shariff (Respondent)