Dunn v R [2018] NSWCCA 108

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dunn v R [2018] NSWCCA 108 Hearing dates: 28 May 2018 Decision date: 04 June 2018 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Johnson J at [2]; Adamson J at [3] Decision: Leave to appeal refused. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – sentence – single ground of appeal that parity principles apply where offender sentenced for offence which is taken into account on Form 1 for co-offenders – parity principles inapplicable – no justifiable sense of grievance – prosecutor's discretion to include charges on Form 1 not reviewable Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 9, 32, 33 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Regulation 2010 (NSW) cl 4(1) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s 5(1)(c) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) ss 25(1), 25A(1) Cases Cited: Abbas v R [2013] NSWCCA 115; (2013) 231 A Crim R 413 Attorney-General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518 Elias v The Queen; Issa v The Queen (2013) 248 CLR 483; [2013] HCA 31 Gaggioli v R [2014] NSWCCA 246 Gordon v R [2018] NSWCCA 54 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Nguyen, Kathy v R [2015] NSWCCA 209 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Gary Paul Bruce Dunn (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: H Cox (Applicant) E Balodis (Respondent)