R v Efendi [2001] NSWCCA 391

Reported Decision : 125 A Crim R 487

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Efendi [2001] NSWCCA 391 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60226/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 September 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 September 2001

PARTIES : Amran Efendi (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Heydon JA at 1, 23; Wood CJ at CL at 21; Carruthers AJ at 22

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/11/0746 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Ainslie-Wallace DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Ms C A Davenport (Appellant) Mr M G Allnutt (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Hovan & Co (Appellant) Commonwealth DPP (Respondent)

LEGISLATION CITED : Customs Act 1901 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Wong & Leung (1999) 108 A Crim R 531 CASES CITED: R v Bowers (1997) 97 A Crim R 461 R v Thompson & Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Hauser (CCA, unreported, 11 December 1997) R v Schaal (unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Wood J, 8 September 1989) DECISION : Leave to appeal granted; appeal dismissed.

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 60226/99 HEYDON JA WOOD CJ at CL CARRUTHERS AJ

Friday, 28 September 2001 R v Amran EFENDI

Judgment 1 HEYDON JA:

The applicant was tried before Ainslie-Wallace DCJ and a jury on 17-20 and 22-25 February 1999 on two counts. The first was: "On 23 August 1998 at Sydney New South Wales [the applicant] did import into Australia prohibited imports to which section 233B of the Customs Act 1901 applied, to wit, narcotic goods consisting of a quantity of 3,4- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) being not less than the commercial quantity applicable … ."