Nguyen v R [2019] NSWCCA 213

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Nguyen v R [2019] NSWCCA 213 Hearing dates: 14 August 2019 Date of orders: 14 August 2019 Decision date: 14 August 2019 Before: Brereton JA at [1] Johnson J at [29] Lonergan J at [33] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against sentence – application for leave to appeal – whether sentence was manifestly excessive – whether denial of procedural fairness – whether error in not finding special circumstances – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) s 44 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s 5 Cases Cited: Allen v R [2015] NSWCCA 113 Caristo v R [2011] NSWCCA 7 Clarke v R [2009] NSWCCA 49 Hughes v R [2018] NSWCCA 2 Jiang v R [2010] NSWCCA 277 MD v R [2015] NSWCCA 37 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 R v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 R v Qutami (2001) 127 A Crim R 369; [2001] NSWCCA 353 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Van Canh Nguyen (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Hallas (Applicant) Mr D Patch (Respondent)

Solicitors: Tran Solicitors & Attorneys (Applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2015/369736 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court Date of Decision: 14 December 2016 Before: English DCJ File Number(s): 2015/369736