Hung v R [2019] NSWCCA 303

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hung v R [2019] NSWCCA 303 Hearing dates: 30 October 2019 Date of orders: 18 December 2019 Decision date: 18 December 2019 Before: Gleeson JA at [1] Harrison J at [2] Cavanagh J at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal is granted. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — leave to appeal against sentence — four counts of supplying not less than the commercial quantity of a prohibited drug contrary to s 25(2) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) — two offenders — whether sentencing judge erred in failing to take account of applicant's mental illness — parity — whether justifiable sense of grievance when comparing sentence imposed on co-offender — appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 21A, 23 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 25(2) Cases Cited: Bell v R [2019] NSWCCA 271 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Fenech v R [2018] NSWCCA 160 Green v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Postiglione v R (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Van Ryn [2016] NSWCCA 1 R v Wright (1997) 93 A Crim R 48 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Hing Sum Hung (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: L Fernandez (Applicant) D Patch (Crown)