Delleci v R [2020] NSWCCA 4

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Delleci v R [2020] NSWCCA 4 Hearing dates: 25 November 2019 Decision date: 06 February 2020 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; Harrison J at [71]; Button J at [72] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal against sentence dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – two episodes of drug supply each involving the supply of different kinds of drugs – whether sentence manifestly excessive – whether parity principle should apply – limitations on use of statistics – sentences not excessive – no application of the parity principle – offending and personal characteristics different for each offender – no justifiable sense of grievance. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – s 193C Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) – ss 10, 10A, 21A Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) – ss 25(1), 25(2) Cases Cited: BB v R [2017] NSWCCA 189 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Hughes v R [2018] NSWCCA 2 JM v The Queen [2014] NSWCCA 297 Kerr v R [2016] NSWCCA 218 Kresovic v R [2018] NSWCCA 37 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 MLP v R [2014] NSWCCA 183 Nguyen v R [2019] NSWCCA 87 Parente v R [2017] NSWCCA 284 Tuite v R [2018] NSWCCA 175 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Neil Delleci – Applicant Regina – Respondent Crown Representation: Counsel: S Kluss – Applicant C Curtis – Respondent Crown