R v Harris [2001] NSWCCA 322

Reported Decision : 125 A Crim R 27

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Harris [2001] NSWCCA 322 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60113/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 August 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 September 2001

PARTIES : Crown - Appellant Richard John HARRIS - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Simpson J at 2; Einfeld AJ at 48

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/11/0588 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Dodd DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P G Berman SC - Crown T A Game SC - Respondent SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor - Crown Jeffreys Associates - Respondent CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - Crown appeal against leniency of sentence - supply of not less than a commercial quantity of methylamphetamine and pseudoephadrine - conspiracy to supply not less than a commercial quantity of cannabis leaf - possession of unauthorised firearms - s33 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - residual discretion to dismiss Crown appeal. Firearms Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270 R v Lee (1994) 76 A Crim R 271 R v Morgan (1993) 70 A Crim R 368 R v Barton [2001] NSWCCA 63 unreported, 5 March 2001 R v Bavadra [2000] NSWCCA 292; 115 A Crim R 152 R v Vougdis (1989) 41 A Crim R 125 R v Lemene [2001] NSWCCA 5; 118 A Crim R 131 CASES CITED: R v Dawson [2000] NSWCCA 399 unreported 18 December 2000. Flentjar v Daire (1983) 32 SASR 101 Queen v Shannon (1979) 21 SASR 442 Reiner's case (1974) 8 SASR 102 R v Thurgar (1999) 51 A Crim R 109 R v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 Griffith v R (1977) 137 CLR 293 R v Everett (1994) 181 CLR 295 DECISION : Crown appeal dismissed.