REGINA v. GUIU [2002] NSWCCA 181

Reported Decision : (2002) 129 A Crim R 387

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v. GUIU [2002] NSWCCA 181 revised - 21/05/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA No. 60629 of 2000 HEARING DATE(S) : Friday 26 April 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 May 2002

PARTIES : REGINA v. GUIU, Carmen Rusinol JUDGMENT OF : Hodgson JA at 1; Barr J at 7; Greg James J at 8

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 99/11/0315 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Ainslie-Wallace, DCJ. OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Crown: R. Bromwich App: P.R. Boulten SOLICITORS : Crown: Commonweath DPP App: Mark Klees & Associates CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - sentence - appeal - drug offence - offence of attempt to obtain possession of prohibited imports - co-offenders charged with importation - respective roles - necessity for sentence to relate to offence charged rather than more culpable offence - necessity for proper finding and evidentiary support to define more culpable role - parity - principles in Regina v. De Simoni and Regina v. Olbrich considered. Customs Act (Cth) 1901 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act (Cth) 1914 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act (NSW) 1999 De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 CASES CITED: Laurentiu (1992) 63 A. Crim. R. 402 JCW (2000) 112 A. Crim. R. 466 Anderson (1993) 177 CLR 250 Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted. Appeal upheld. Sentence passed below quashed. In lieu thereof, the applicant be sentenced to six years imprisonment with a non-parole period of three years, nine months to date from 20 April 1999. The sentence will expire on 19 April 2005. The non-parole period will expire on 19 January 2003.