Vasilevski v R [2019] NSWCCA 277

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Vasilevski v R [2019] NSWCCA 277 Hearing dates: 13 September 2019 Date of orders: 22 November 2019 Decision date: 22 November 2019 Before: Bell P, Simpson AJA and Fullerton J Decision: 1. Grant leave to appeal conviction.

2. Appeal dismissed.

3. Grant leave to appeal aggregate sentence.

4. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeal – Appeal against conviction – Inconsistency of verdicts – Unreasonable verdict – Whether inconsistency as a result of acquittal on 7 counts and conviction on 2 counts – Whether inconsistency between acquittal on a particular count and conviction on count of persuading a witness to withhold "true evidence" – Identification of the "true evidence" withheld

CRIME – Appeal – Application for leave to appeal against sentence – Manifest excess – Whether aggregate sentence was unreasonable or plainly unjust Legislation Cited: Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 14 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 21A, 53, 53A Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 61I, 61HE(3), 323 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 37 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) ss 5(1), 6(1) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) ss 11, 166 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) s 35(2) Criminal Code (Cth) s 127(1) Criminal Code (Qld) ss 668E(1), 668E(1A) Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW) r 4 Cases Cited: Evans v R [2017] NSWCCA 281 Hili v R (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 House v R (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 JM v R (2014) 246 A Crim R 528; [2014] NSWCCA 297 Jones v R (1997) 191 CLR 439; [1997] HCA 56 Libke v R (2007) 230 CLR 559; [2007] HCA 30 M v R (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 MacKenzie v R (1996) 190 CLR 348; [1996] HCA 35 MFA v R (2002) 213 CLR 606; [2002] HCA 53 Morris v R (1987) 163 CLR 454; [1987] HCA 50 R v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 R v Burton [2008] NSWCCA 128 R v Danahay [1993] 1 Qd R 271 R v JCW (2000) 112 A Crim R 466; [2000] NSWCCA 209 R v Lansdell (NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, 22 May 1995, unrep) R v Markuleski (2001) 52 NSWLR 82; [2001] NSWCCA 290 R v Pham [2015] HCA 39 TK v R (2009) 74 NSWLR 299; [2009] NSWCCA 151 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Steve Vasilevski (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G D Wendler (Applicant) K Jeffreys (Respondent)