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
Legal Issues
- 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.']
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