R v Salgado-Silva [2001] NSWCCA 423

Reported Decision : 126 A Crim R 1

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Salgado-Silva [2001] NSWCCA 423 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60742/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 28/9/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 September 2001

PARTIES : Regina (Commonwealth) Salvador Salgado-Silva JUDGMENT OF : Heydon JA at 1, 43, 45; Wood CJ at CL at 44; Carruthers AJ at 2

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/11/0017 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Stewart ADCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M Allnutt (Crown) A Haesler SC (App) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor CATCHWORDS : Sentencing appeal - importation of commercial quantity of cocaine - whether applicant sentenced for participating at an incorrectly high level in the organisation - whether non-parole period excessive - whether a worst case. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s. 16A(2)(g) Customs Act 1901 (Cth) , s 33B(1)(b) R v Bernier (1998) 102 A Crim R 44 R v Contreras-Ortiz [2000] NSW CCA 328 R v Covacs [2000] NSW CCA 74 R v Ferrer-Eisis (1991) 55 A Crim R 231 R v Guzman and Henao [2000] NSW CCA 261 R v Heeng Ung [2000] NSW CCA 195 CASES CITED: R v Leroy [1984] 2 NSWLR 441 R v Laurentiu (1992) 63 A Crim R 402 R v Meloh (2001) NSW CCA unreported 21 May 2001 R v Shepherd (1982) 37 A Crim R 303 at 313 R v Spiteri [1999] NSW CCA 3 R v Wong & Leung (1999-2000) 48 NSWLR 340 The Queen v Olbrich (199-2000) 199 CLR 270 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted. Appeal allowed. Head sentence confirmed. Non-parole period set aside. New non-parole period of 11 years and 4 months to date from 3 November 1999 and expiring 2 March 2011.