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New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Regina -v- Chun Hing LAW and Brian Alexander KUAN [1999] NSWSC 286 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Criminal FILE NUMBER(S) : 70022/97; 70223/95 HEARING DATE(S) : R v Law -18/03/98,19/03/98,20/03/98,23/03/98,24/03/98, 25/03/98, 26/03/98, 30/03/98,31/03/98,01/04/98,02/04/98,03/04/98, 06/04/98,07/04/98, 08/04/98, 09/04/98, 14/04/98, 15/04/98, 16/04/98, 17/04/98, 20/04/98, 21/04/98, 22/04/98, 23/04/98, 24/04/98, 23/06/98, 19/10/98, sentence - 31/03/99 R v Kuan - 16/03/98, 23/06/98, 19/10/98,20/10/98, 21/10/98 - sentence 31/03/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 March 1999
Regina PARTIES : Chun Hing LAW Brian Alexander KUAN JUDGMENT OF : Ireland J
Crown - Mr R F Sutherland/Mr M Wigney COUNSEL : Law - Mr J Spencer Kuan - Mr WP Brewer Crown - Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions SOLICITORS : Law - Naomi Hamilton Kuan - Neil J O'Connor & Associates CATCHWORDS : Sentence - Multiple importations of heroin - S 233B(1) Customs Act (Cwth) - most serious class of case - sentence of imprisonment for life - no adjustment of sentence under S 16G Crimes Act, 1914 (Cwth) - Vanit -v- R 149 ALR 1 applied. ACTS CITED : Customs Act, 1901 (Cwth) S 233B(1) Crimes Act, 1914 (Cwth) - S 16G DECISION : R -v- Chun Hing LAW - Life imprisonment; R -v- Brian Alexander KUAN - 18 yrs reduced to 12 yrs (S 16G Crimes Act (Cwth)) - non parole period 7 yrs
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES CRIMINAL LAW DIVISION
IRELAND J
Wednesday, 31 March, 1999
70022/97 - REGINA -v- Chun Hing LAW 70223/95 - REGINA -v- Brian Alexander KUAN
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