LS v R [2020] NSWCCA 27

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: LS v R [2020] NSWCCA 27 Hearing dates: 25 November 2019 Date of orders: 25 March 2020 Decision date: 25 March 2020 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Harrison J at [2] Button J at [88] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL – sentence appeal – where Form 1 offences taken into account contrary to legislative requirements – re-sentence – where offences objectively serious – where genuine remorse demonstrated – where good albeit guarded prospects of rehabilitation – where assistance does not entitle applicant to discount – where lesser aggregate sentence not warranted Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R (2013) 231 A Crim R 413; [2013] NSWCCA 115 Betts v The Queen (2016) 258 CLR 420; [2016] HCA 25 DG v R [2017] NSWCCA 139 DL v R [2018] NSWCCA 302 Doumit v R [2011] NSWCCA 134 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Khoury v R (2011) 209 A Crim R 509; [2011] NSWCCA 118 PB v R [2016] NSWCCA 258 R v Amati [2019] NSWCCA 193 R v Brandt [2004] NSWCCA 3 R v Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349 R v Felton (2002) 135 A Crim R 328; [2002] NSWCCA 443 Rae v R [2019] NSWCCA 284 Woodward v R [2017] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: LS (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: E McLaughlin (Applicant) C Curtis (Respondent)