Noble v R [2018] NSWCCA 253

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Noble v R [2018] NSWCCA 253 Hearing dates: 5 March 2018 Date of orders: 09 November 2018 Decision date: 09 November 2018 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Fullerton J at [2]; Campbell J at [19] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) The appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – dishonestly obtaining financial advantage from the Commonwealth by deception – attempting to dishonestly obtain financial advantage from the Commonwealth by deception – s 11.1 – s 134.2(1) Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) – pleas of guilty – whether her Honour failed to take into account the applicant's pleas of guilty – s 16A(2)(g) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) – utilitarian value – whether the sentence imposed was manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), ss 16A, 17A, 19AB, 21B Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6 Criminal Code 1995 (Cth), ss 11.1, 134.2 Cases Cited: Bui v Director of Public Prosecutions for the Commonwealth of Australia (2012) 244 CLR 638; [2012] HCA 1 Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339 Edwards v R [2017] NSWCCA 160 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Jinde Huang aka Wei Liu v R [2018] NSWCCA 70 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Lehn v R (2016) 93 NSWLR 205; [2016] NSWCCA 255 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Naizmand v R [2018] NSWCCA 25 O'Grady v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 621; [2014] HCA 37 Power v The Queen; Selenski v The Queen; Lyons v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 623; [1974] HCA 26 The Queen v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4; (2018) 329 FLR 1 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kathleen Noble (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Anderson (Applicant) K Breckweg (Respondent)