R v Primmer [2020] NSWCCA 50

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Primmer [2020] NSWCCA 50 Hearing dates: 13 March 2020 Date of orders: 25 March 2020 Decision date: 25 March 2020 Before: Leeming JA at [1] Harrison J at [2] Hamill J at [3] Decision: (1) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL APPEAL – prosecution appeal against sentence – home invasion – specially aggravated break and enter – attempted robbery of drug dealer – gun-fight in suburban street – very grave offence – manifest inadequacy – whether error in assessment of objective criminality – where trial Judge makes global finding in relation to co-offenders – failure to make clear finding in respondent's case – whether Judge erred in assessment of respondent's role – sheep who was led – where respondent concedes sentence manifestly inadequate – powerful subjective case – deprivation and dysfunctional family life – whether concession should be accepted – residual discretion Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 112(3) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 9, 12, 32, 54A(2) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5D Cases Cited: Abbas & Others v R [2013] NSWCCA 115; 231 A Crim R 413 Attorney General's Application No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518 BM v R [2019] NSWCCA 223 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Carroll v The Queen [2009] HCA 13; 254 ALR 379 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Green v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 at 504-505; [1936] HCA 40 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 R v AA [2017] NSWCCA 84 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; 195 A Crim R 1 R v Carroll, Carroll v R (2010) 77 NSWLR 45; [2010] NSWCCA 55 R v JW (2010) 77 NSWLR 7; [2010] NSWCCA 49 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Texts Cited: American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5 (5th edition, 2013, American Psychiatric Association). Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Applicant) Matthew Primmer (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M. Millwood (Applicant) J. Styles (Respondent)