Quinlan v R
[2021] NSWCCA 21
At a glance
Source factsCourt
Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW)
Decision date
2021-02-24
Before
Leeming JA, Harrison J, Adamson J
Source
Original judgment source is linked above.
Judgment (16 paragraphs)
Judgment
- LEEMING JA: I agree with Harrison J.
- HARRISON J: Kalaveti Quinlan seeks leave pursuant to s 5(1)(c) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 to appeal against the sentence imposed upon him on 19 October 2018 by Judge Syme in the District Court following a plea of guilty to three counts of robbery whilst armed with a dangerous weapon contrary to s 97(2) of the Crimes Act 1900. At the time of sentencing, two further offences of being carried in a conveyance without the consent of the owner under s 154A(1)(b) were separately included on Forms 1 attaching to the first and third counts.
- The maximum penalty for an offence under s 97(2) is 25 years imprisonment. There is no standard non-parole period. The maximum penalty for an offence under s 154A is 5 years imprisonment.
- Mr Quinlan was sentenced to an aggregate term of 12 years imprisonment commencing on 15 December 2014 with a non-parole period of 8 years and 3 months expiring on 14 March 2023. Her Honour nominated indicative sentences of 9 years and 6 months for each of the armed robbery offences.
- It is accepted by the Crown, by analogy with reasons given in Nabalarua v R [2020] NSWCCA 68, that it would be open to this Court to find that her Honour erred in sentencing Mr Quinlan, that his appeal should be allowed and that he should be re-sentenced.