R v Gray [2018] NSWCCA 241

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Gray [2018] NSWCCA 241 Hearing dates: 26 March 2018 Date of orders: 26 October 2018 Decision date: 26 October 2018 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Schmidt J at [71]; Hamill J at [114] Decision: Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: SENTENCING – Crown appeal against inadequacy of sentence – offender with strong subjective case committed two armed robbery offences while on parole for previous robbery offences – sentencing judge imposed concurrent sentences backdated to the date of revocation of parole – whether sentence imposed manifestly inadequate Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Cases Cited: 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 Bugmy v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 525; [1990] HCA 18 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Callaghan v The Queen [2006] NSWCCA 58 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Lee v The Queen [2016] NSWCCA 66 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665; [1999] HCA 29 Mulato v The Queen [2006] NSWCCA 282 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Power v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 623; [1974] HCA 26 R v GWM [2012] NSWCCA 240 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v Holder; R v Johnston (1983) 3 NSWLR 245 R v MMK [2006] NSWCCA 272 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704; [2001] NSWCCA 534 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168; [2004] NSWCCA 131 The Queen v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 White v The Queen [2016] NSWCCA 190 Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Crown (appellant) Christopher Kevin Gray (respondent) Representation: Counsel: N Adams (appellant) A Evers with M Fernando (respondent)