Healey v R [2018] NSWCCA 214

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Healey v R [2018] NSWCCA 214 Hearing dates: 12 March 2018 Date of orders: 05 October 2018 Decision date: 05 October 2018 Before: Macfarlan JA [1]; Johnson J [2]; Campbell J [3] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – aggregate sentence – serious drug supply and related offences – form 1 offences – pleas of guilty – indicative sentences – whether the applicant has a justifiable sense of grievance as a result of the indicative sentence – whether the sentencing judge erred in assessing the objective gravity of the supply of a commercial quantity of drug offence – parity principle – role in drug offences – no lesser sentence warranted in law Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure Act) 1999 (NSW), s 53A Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 24B, 25 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Methylamphetamine) Regulation 2015 (NSW) Cases Cited: Andreata v R [2015] NSWCCA 239 Clarke v The Queen [2013] NSWCCA 260 Fato v R [2017] NSWCCA 190 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Hiron v R [2018] NSWCCA 10 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297; (2014) 246 A Crim R 528 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 38 Lehn v R (2016) 93 NSWLR 205; [2016] NSWCCA 255 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; (1984) HCA 46 Mansaray v R [2018] NSWCCA 16 O'Grady v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 621; [2014] HCA 38 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 R v MacDonnell [2002] NSWCCA 34; (2002) 128 A Crim R 44 Saraya v R [2015] NSWCCA 63 Wan v The Queen [2017] NSWCCA 261 Wong v The Queen; Leung v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dean Joseph Healey (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: H Dhanji SC (Applicant) F Veltro (Respondent)