NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 114 A Crim R 533
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : REGINA v TORO-MARTINEZ [2000] NSWCCA 216 revised - 28/06/2000 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60807/99; 60746/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 7/06/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 June 2000
PARTIES : Regina Alejandro Arturo Toro-Martinez JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Newman J at 66; Adams J at 67
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/0177 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Ainslie-Wallace DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : G Nicholson QC (Appellant) F A Veltro (Crown) SOLICITORS : John D Weller & Associates (Appellant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - grounds for appealing against conviction after a guilty plea - CRIMINAL LAW - Crown appeal - sentencing for drug importation - manifestly inadequate sentence for a person "low in the hierarchy" - Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s233B(1)(d) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes Amendment (Controlled Operations) Act 1996 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 (NSW) Customs Act 1901 (Cth) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 Carter v Northmore Hale Davey and Leake (1994-1995) 183 CLR 121 Maxwell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 501 Meissner v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 132 Minet v Morgan (1873) LR 8 Ch App 361 Pearse v Pearse (1846) 63 ER 950 The Queen v Ireland (1970) 126 CLR 321 R v Bernier (1998) 102 A Crim R 44 R v Cincotta (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, 1 November 1995, unreported) CASES CITED: R v Chiron [1980] 1 NSWLR 218 R v Davies (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, 16 December 1993, unreported) R v Ferrer-Esis (1991) 55 A Crim R 231 R v Favero [1999] NSWCCA 320 R v Ganderton (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, 17 September 1998, unreported) R v Murphy [1965] VR 187 R v Sagiv (1986) 22 A Crim R 73 R v Wong (1999) 108 A Crim R 531 Ridgeway v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 19 DECISION : 1 Appeal against conviction dismissed; 2 The sentence imposed by the trial judge quashed; 3 The Respondent to the Crown appeal sentenced to six years imprisonment with a non-parole period of three years
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