Zahab v R [2021] NSWCCA 7
The appeal ground failed because there was insufficient evidence of the applicant's custodial conditions being more onerous than those of the general prison population, and the sentencing judge had appropriately considered all materials placed before him; absence of express reference to custodial conditions does not imply failure to consider them where evidence is peripheral.
- Parties
- Applicant: Haisem Zahab; Respondent: The Crown
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 05 February 2021
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Application for Leave to Appeal Sentence; Judgment on Appeal
- Outcome
- Leave to appeal against sentence granted; appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Sentencing, Terrorism Offences, Onerous Conditions of Custody, Mitigating Factors
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Parties
Haisem Zahab
Applicant
The Crown
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Application for Leave to Appeal Sentence; Judgment on Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the sentencing judge failed to take into account the onerous conditions of the applicant's custody as a mitigating factor in sentencing
Ratio Decidendi
The appeal ground failed because there was insufficient evidence of the applicant's custodial conditions being more onerous than those of the general prison population, and the sentencing judge had appropriately considered all materials placed before him; absence of express reference to custodial conditions does not imply failure to consider them where evidence is peripheral.
Court Disposition
Leave to appeal against sentence granted; appeal dismissed
Orders
- Grant the applicant leave to appeal
- Appeal dismissed
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