Jackson v R [2020] NSWCCA 230

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Jackson v R [2020] NSWCCA 230 Hearing dates: 14 August 2020 Decision date: 11 September 2020 Before: Bell P at [1]; Johnson J at [2]; Rothman J at [8] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted; (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – SENTENCE APPEAL – importation of commercial quantity of cocaine – characterisation of offender's role in syndicate – manifest excess – offender was principal in Australia – "middle manager" – no error in characterisation – no manifest excess – if "crushing" sentence, then due to seriousness of offence at offender's age – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), ss 307.1(1), 400.5(1) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), ss 16A, 16AC Cases Cited: Barbaro v the Queen; Zirilli v the Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 Barton v R [2009] NSWCCA 164 Bugmy v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 525; [1990] HCA 18 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 GAS v The Queen (2004) 217 CLR 198; [2004] HCA 22 Goebel-McGregor v R [2006] NSWCCA 390 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Paxton v R (2011) 219 A Crim R 104; [2011] NSWCCA 242 R v Holyoak (1995) 82 A Crim R 502 R v Jackson [2019] NSWDC 1 R v Kassir [2020] NSWCCA 88 R v McLean (2001) 121 A Crim R 484; [2001] NSWCCA 58 R v Nguyen; R v Pham (2010) 205 A Crim R 106; [2010] NSWCCA 238 Ta'ala v R [2008] NSWCCA 132 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Tiknius v R (2011) 221 A Crim R 365; [2011] NSWCCA 215 Veen v R (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 Wong v R (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 ZA v R (2017) 267 A Crim R 105; [2017] NSWCCA 132 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kent Anthony Jackson (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: F Coyne (Applicant) J Single SC / A Brown(Respondent)