Ahmad v R [2019] NSWCCA 198

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ahmad v R [2019] NSWCCA 198 Hearing dates: 2 August 2019 Date of orders: 26 August 2019 Decision date: 26 August 2019 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Wright J at [2]; Wilson J at [3] Decision: 1. Grant leave to appeal.

2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – appeal against sentence – Commonwealth drug offences – State drug and fraud offences – whether sentence imposed for a discrete offence was outside the available range – utility of sentencing statistics – whether a custodial sentence was warranted for discrete offence – manifest excess – question of parity with co-offender Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 192E, 192G Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 16BA Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), ss 11, 307 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 166 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 5, 9, 10A, 33 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 10 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; 249 CLR 571 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321 Dunn v R [2018] NSWCCA 108 Green v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 R v Fernando (1992) 76 A Crim R 58 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; (1999) 106 A Crim R 149 SS v R [2016] NSWCCA 197 Windle v R [2011] NSWCCA 277 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Youssef Ahmad (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Barrow for Applicant R Ranken for Respondent