R v Edo SAPUTRA [2009] NSWDC 239

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: R v Edo SAPUTRA [2009] NSWDC 239 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 11 September 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 11 September 2009

JURISDICTION: District Court Criminal

JUDGMENT OF: Knox SC DCJ

DECISION: The offender is sentenced to a term of non-parole imprisonment of 5 years and 2 months and an additional term of 27 months .

CATCHWORDS: Criminal law - sentence - Criminal Code - drug importation - methamphetamine - role - mixed motivation: personal use and profit - parole conditions - notification of travel plans

LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code (Commonwealth)

R v Bernier (1998) 102 A Crim R 45 R v Lee [2007] NSWCCA 234 The Queen v Olbrich [1999] 199 CLR 270 N v R; AP v R [2009] NSWCCA 108 CASES CITED: R v SC [2008] NSWCCA 29 R v Schluenz [2001] NSWCCA 314 R v Solomons [2000] NSWCCA 215 Veen v The Queen [No 2] (1988) 164 CLR 465 Wong & Leung v R [2001] HCA 64; (2001) 207 CLR 584

PARTIES: Regina Edo Saputra

FILE NUMBER(S): DC 2008/20503

COUNSEL: Crown: Mr N Adams Defence: Mr A Parsons

SOLICITORS: Crown: Commonwealth DPP Defence: Ren Zhou Lawyers

JUDGMENT

1 On 30 June 2009 the offender pleaded guilty to the following count on an indictment: On or about 20 August 2008 at Mascot, in the Sate of New South Wales, imported into Australia, a substance, the substance being a border controlled drug, namely Methamphetamine, and the quantity imported being a marketable quantity.