Perticarini v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 192

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Perticarini v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 192 Hearing dates: 28 June 2019 Date of orders: 19 August 2019 Decision date: 19 August 2019 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1] Harrison J at [2] N Adams J at [3] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal.

(2) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal against sentence – robbery armed with knife – whether error in failing to find intellectual disability mitigated moral culpability – whether error in failing to take into account intellectual disability when considering general deterrence – whether sentence manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 97(1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 44(2), s 54D Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5(1)(c) Cases Cited: Aslan v R [2014] NSWCCA 114 Barbaro v R; Zirilli v R [2014] HCA 2; 305 ALR 323 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De la Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Faleafga v R [2016] NSWCCA 178 Gardiner v R [2018] NSWCCA 27 Kocyigit v R [2018] NSWCCA 279 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665 Luque v R [2017] NSWCCA 226 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Moore v R [2005] NSWCCA 407 R v Alkanaan [2017] NSWCCA 56 R v El Sayah; R v Idaayen; R v Mansaray [2018] NSWCCA 64 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v Hetherington [2016] NSWCCA 165 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 Texts Cited: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed, 2013) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Marco Perticarini (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms R Khalilizadeh (Applicant) Ms B Baker (Respondent)