R v Loh [2002] NSWCCA 23

Reported Decision : (2002) 127 A Crim R 577

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Loh [2002] NSWCCA 23 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60664/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 6/2/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 February 2002

PARTIES : Regina Edwin Loh JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJ at CL at 1, 54; Sully J at 52; Dowd J at 53

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/11/0241 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Coorey DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M G Allnutt (Crown) D J Dalton (Respondent) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor Michael Croke & Co (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Crown appeal against sentence - supply of prohibited drug - principle of totality - principle of double jeopardy - subjective circumstances taken into consideration - sentence correctly discounted for guilty plea and co operation with police - insufficient weight given to respondent's reoffendeding whilst on parole - appeal allowed. Crimes Act 1914 (Commonwealth) LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999; s 44 Criminal Appeal Act 1912; s 5D Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985; s 10, 25 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 Everett v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 295 Griffiths v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR 293 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 409 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Allpass (1993) 72 A Crim R 561 R v Gould [1999] NSWCCA 177 CASES CITED: R v Kaiva, NSWCCA, 9 November 1998 R v Kalache (2000) 111 A Crim R 152 R v Marie (1983) 13 A Crim R 440 R v Moffitt (1990) 20 NSWLR 114 R v Morgan (1993) 70 A Crim R 368 R v Readman (1990) 47 A Crim R 181 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534 R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 DECISION : Sentences below quashed and new sentences set. See para 46.