R v Man Kong Ho [2002] NSWCCA 379

Reported Decision : (2002) 133 A Crim R 340

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Man Kong Ho [2002] NSWCCA 379 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60583/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 September 2002

PARTIES : Commonwealth of Australia Man Kong Ho JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJ at CL at 1; Sully J at 2; Dowd J at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/11/0157 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Job ADCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr David Dalton - Commonwealth Mr Michael Allnutt - Appellant SOLICITORS : Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Ray Finlayson; Ray Finlayson & Associates CATCHWORDS : Sentence appeal - adequacy of discount for assistance and plea - adequacy of consideration of subjective matters - sentence not manifestly excessive - parity - no justifiable sense of grievance. Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) R v Wong and Leung (1999) 48 NSWLR 340 R v Clark [2001] NSWCCA 223 (unreported, 1 June 2001; revised 7 August 2001) House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Wong v R (2001) 185 ALR 233 R v Lawson (1997) 98 A Crim R 463 R v Gallagher (1991) 23 NSWLR 220 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 CASES CITED: R v Raz [1992] NSWCCA 121 (unreported, 17 December 1992) He v R [2002] NSW CCA 370 (unreported 28 August 2002) Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Houvardis (Michael) [2000] NSWCCA 203 R v Diamond (Jason David) (unreported, NSW CCA , 18 February 1993) R v Bell [1999] NSW CCA 423 (unreported 27 October 1999) DECISION : (1) Leave to appeal granted (2) Appeal dismissed.