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New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : R v Spillane [1999] NSWCCA 280 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60830 of 1998 HEARING DATE(S) : 09/09/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 September 1999
PARTIES : Michael Thomas Spillane (applicant) Regina (respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Newman J at 1; Simpson J at 2; Hidden J at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Mahoney DCJ
COUNSEL : C B Craigie (applicant) F Veltro (respondent) SOLICITORS : Legal Aid Commission (applicant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (respondent) CATCHWORDS : Sentence - importation of trafficable quantity of ecstasy - courier - process of arriving at sentence - evaluation of assistance to police - assessment of ecstasy as middle range drug - range of sentence for offences of this kind. ACTS CITED : Crimes Act (Cth) R v Bowers (1997) 97 ACrim R 461 R v Doan (CCA unreported 27 September 1996) R v Bourel (CCA unreported 11 December 1998) R v Hauser (CCA unreported 11 December 1997) CASES CITED: R v Budiman (1998) 102 ACrim R 411 R v Dinic (1997) 149 ALR 448 R v Bushell (CCA unreported 7 August 1998) R v Dizel (CCA unreported 23 August 1996) R v Gallagher (1991) 23 NSWLR 220. DECISION : Appeal allowed; sentence reduced.
IN THE COURT OF
CRIMINAL APPEAL
60830/98
NEWMAN J SIMPSON J HIDDEN J
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