NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 122 A Crim R 218
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v Quesada [2001] NSWCCA 216 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60034/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 February 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 May 2001
PARTIES : Regina v Edith Quesada JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJ at CL at 73; McClellan J at 74; Smart AJ at 1
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/1/1/0124 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Twigg DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : (A) R D McCrudden (R) R F Sutherland SOLICITORS : (A) Kenneth McGee (R) C'wealth DPP CATCHWORDS : Drug importation - admissibility of psychologist's evidence - not dependent on specialised knowledge - direction as to lies sufficient - sentence - non-parole period excessive LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Customs Act 1901 Murphy v The Queen (1988-1989) 167 CLR 94 CASES CITED: Edwards v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 193 at 211 R v Wong & Leung (1999) 48 NSWLR 340 Regina v Claude Bernier (1998) 102 A Crim R 44 DECISION : Appeal against conviction dismissed - leave to appeal against sentence granted - appeal against sentence allowed in part - set aside the non-parole period of seven years and in lieu therof order that the non-parole period to be served by the appellant be one of six years commencing on 9 December 1998 and ending on 8 December 2004 - otherwise appeal against sentence of imprisonment for ten years dismissed.
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
60034/2000
WOOD CJ at CL McCLELLAN J SMART AJ
Wednesday, 30 May 2001
REGINA v Edith QUESADA
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