R v PARKER [2002] NSWCCA 330

Reported Decision : (2002) 132 A Crim R 413

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v PARKER [2002] NSWCCA 330 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60200/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 July 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 August 2002

PARTIES : David John Parker - Applicant Crown - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Hidden J at 59; Howie J at 60

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/21/0092; 99/11/0057 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Woods DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M Thangaraj - Applicant P J Power - Respondent SOLICITORS : Michael Croke & Co - Applicant S E O'Connor - Crown CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL APPEAL - Drug Misues & Trafficking Act 1985, ss24(2), 25(1), 25(2) - supply and manufacture of methylamphetamine - application to change pleas of guilty to not guilty - 'step in the process of manufacture' - R v BD [2001] NSWCCA 184 considered - impossibility of manufacture - APPEAL AGAINST SEVERITY OF SENTENCE - error in applying Pearce v The Queen [1998] 194 CLR 610 conceeded - totality of sentences - sentences to be partially cumulative LEGISLATION CITED : Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 R v Thomas (1993) 67 A Crim R 308 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Maxwell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 501 R v Kouroumalos [2000] NSWCCA 453 Liberti (1991) 55 A Crim R CASES CITED: R v BD [2001] NSWCCA 184 R v McCoy [2001] NSWCCA 255 R v El Azzi [2001] NSWCCA 397 R v Bavadra (2000) 115 A Crim R 152 Vougdis & Rossides v R (1989) 41 A Crim R 125 R v Perese [2001] NSWCCA 478 R v Carrion (2000) 49 NSWLR 149 DECISION : 1 Refuse leave to the appellant to change his pleas to counts 2, 4 and 5; 2 Quash the sentence imposed on count 1. In lieu thereof sentence the appellant on count 1 to a term of 9 years imprisonment to commence on 10 November 2002 and to expire on 9 November 2011 with a non-parole of 6 years to commence on 10 November 2002 and expire on 9 November 2008.