Oliver v R [2020] NSWCCA 26

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Oliver v R [2020] NSWCCA 26 Hearing dates: 26 February 2020 Date of orders: 06 March 2020 Decision date: 06 March 2020 Before: Leeming JA at [1] Johnson J at [2] Harrison J at [3] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL – sentence appeal – whether failure to consider remorse – where delay between arrest and sentence – whether failure to consider delay – whether error in finding of objective seriousness – where challenge to sentencing discretion – whether sentence manifestly excessive – whether no judge could reasonably have imposed the sentence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: Ali v R [2010] NSWCCA 35 Dickson v R [2016] NSWCCA 105 Jimmy v R (2010) 77 NSWLR 540; [2010] NSWCCA 60 Leighton v R [2010] NSWCA 280 R v Blanco (1999) 106 A Crim R 203; [1999] NSWCCA 121 R v Guo (2010) 201 A Crim R 403; [2010] NSWCCA 170 R (Cth) v Milne (No 1) (2010) 260 FLR 166; [2010] NSWSC 932 R v Wing Cheong Li (2010) 202 A Crim R 195; [2010] NSWCCA 125 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Siobhan Anne Oliver (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Edwards (Applicant) S Duggan (Respondent)