Patsan v R [2018] NSWCCA 129

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Patsan v R [2018] NSWCCA 129 Hearing dates: 1 June 2018 Decision date: 29 June 2018 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Leeming JA at [2]; Adamson J at [3] Decision: Refuse leave to appeal against sentence. Catchwords: CRIME – application for leave to appeal against sentence – alleged manifest excess – domestic violence offence – relevance of dynamic between participants – importance of general and specific deterrence and denunciation – no error established

CRIME – application for leave to appeal against sentence – statistics particularly unhelpful when charge on Form 1 taken into account in sentence for index offence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 35(2), 59 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 32-33 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Cherry v R [2017] NSWCCA 150 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Director of Public Prosecutions v Darcy-Shillingsworth [2017] NSWCCA 224 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600; [2013] HCA 38 R v Edigarov [2001] NSWCCA 436; (2001) 125 A Crim R 551 The Queen v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; [2016] HCA 48 Category: Principal judgment Parties: George Patsan (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Skinner (Applicant) T Smith (Respondent)