Regina -v- AMD [1999] NSWCCA 171

Reported Decision : 107 A Crim R 518

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : Regina -v- AMD [1999] NSWCCA 171 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60631/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 24/06/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 June 1999

PARTIES : Crown AMD JUDGMENT OF : Abadee J at 39; Ireland J at 1; Barr J at 40

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/51/0192 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Sides DCJ

COUNSEL : R A Hulme Crown D A Buchanan SC SOLICITORS : CK Smith - Crown H Schleiger & Associates -respondent CATCHWORDS : ACTS CITED : Criminal Appeal Act, 1912 Drug Misuse & Trafficking Act R -v- Clarke (NSWCCA 15/03/90 unreported) R -v- Leslie (1991) 55 A Crim R 68 R -v- Day (NSWCCA 23/04/98 unreported) R -v- Ward (NSWCCA 08/08/97) CASES CITED: R -v- Ortiz (NSWCCA 03/11/94) R -v- Hallocoglu (1992) 29 NSWLR 67 Regina -v- WHS (NSWCCA 27/03/95 unreported) Regina -v- Cacciola (NSWCCA 15/10/98 unreported) R -v- Edwards (NSWCCA 13/11/96 unreported) R -v- Chu (NSWCCA 16/10/98 unreported) DECISION : Appeal dismissed

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL

60631/98

ABADEE J IRELAND J BARR J

Thursday, 24 June, 1999 REGINA -v- A.M.D.

JUDGMENT

1 IRELAND J: This is an appeal brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions pursuant to S 5D of the Criminal Appeal Act, 1912 against the sentence imposed upon the respondent by his Honour Judge Sides, QC, in the District Court at Campbelltown on 24 September, 1998.

2 On 31 July, 1998 the respondent pleaded guilty to an indictment containing two counts of supplying a prohibited drug, namely cannabis leaf, contrary to S 25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act.