Chamon v R [2020] NSWCCA 112

Chamon v R [2020] NSWCCA 112

The differentiation made by the sentencing judge between the applicant and co-offenders was open to the judge in the exercise of discretion, the judge carefully considered comparative merits, offences, roles, and subjective circumstances, and provided reasons; no justifiable sense of grievance justifying intervention was established.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
03 June 2020
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence
Outcome
Leave to appeal granted; appeal against sentence dismissed (majority); separate dissent to allow appeal and resentence (Hamill J)
Legal Topics
['appeal Against Sentence' 'parity Principle' 'sentencing Discretion' 'role in Criminal Enterprise']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence

  1. 1 ['Whether a justifiable sense of grievance arises due to disparity in sentences imposed on co-offenders' 'Whether the sentencing judge erred in principle in the application of the parity principle']

Ratio Decidendi

The differentiation made by the sentencing judge between the applicant and co-offenders was open to the judge in the exercise of discretion, the judge carefully considered comparative merits, offences, roles, and subjective circumstances, and provided reasons; no justifiable sense of grievance justifying intervention was established.

Court Disposition

Leave to appeal granted; appeal against sentence dismissed (majority); separate dissent to allow appeal and resentence (Hamill J)

Orders

  • ['Leave to appeal granted.' 'Appeal against sentence dismissed.']