Cheng v R [2020] NSWCCA 252

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Cheng v R [2020] NSWCCA 252 Hearing dates: 2 June 2020 Date of orders: 2 October 2020 Decision date: 02 October 2020 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1] Price J at [2] N Adams J at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against sentence granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME - sentence - appeal against sentence - totality principle - import a commercial quantity of methylamphetamine - found guilty on five counts - degree of overlapping criminality - whether sentence crushing on offender- effect of finding special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), Part 1B Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 3A, s 53A Cases Cited: Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Ibrahim v R [2019] NSWCCA 188 Johnson v the Queen (2004) 78 ALJR 616; [2004] HCA 15 Kliendienst v R [2020] NSWCCA 98 Nguyen v The Queen (2016) 256 CLR 656; [2016] HCA 17 R v Fidow [2004] NSWCCA 172 R v MAK and MSK (2006) 167 A Crim R 159; [2006] NSWCCA 381 R v Nykolyn [2012] NSWCCA 219 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704; [2001] NSWCCA 534 Regina v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kwong Leung Cheng (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Moutasallem (Applicant) Ms S Traynor (Respondent)