La v R [2021] NSWCCA 136

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: La v R [2021] NSWCCA 136 Hearing dates: 21 June 2021 Date of orders: 21 June 2021 Decision date: 02 July 2021 Before: Basten JA at [1] Price J at [2] Garling J at [3] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against sentence – supply of prohibited drugs – sentencing – relevant factors on sentence – whether offender spent time in quasi-custody – whether quasi-custody was taken into account by the sentencing judge – no quasi-custody – no error of law established – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 93T Bail Act 2013 (NSW), ss 20, 20A Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 10, 25, 25A Cases Cited: Bonett v R [2013] NSWCCA 234 Kelly v R [2018] NSWCCA 44 Small v R [2018] NSWCCA 290 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Principal judgment Parties: Joshua La (Applicant) Regina Representation: Counsel: T O'Rourke (Applicant) K Jeffreys (Crown)

Solicitors: E Havas (Applicant) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2018/186474 Publication restriction: Not Applicable Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court Jurisdiction: Criminal Date of Decision: 02 October 2020 Before: Bourke SC DCJ File Number(s): 2018/186474