Regina v Lam [2002] NSWCCA 190

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Lam [2002] NSWCCA 190 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60154/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/05/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 May 2002

PARTIES : Regina (Cth) v Sik Lam JUDGMENT OF : Ipp AJA at 1; Dunford J at 49; Burchett AJ at 50

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/11/0593; 01/11/0594 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Taylor DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : K A Chapple (Crown/Appellant) L Flannery (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Commonwealth DPP (Crown/Appellant) Goh Lawyers (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Crown appeal against sentence - respondent convicted of a contravention of s 233B(1)(ca) of the Customs Act 1901 - respondent sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 7 1/2 years - whether judge erred in the exercise of sentencing discretion - whether respondent was wrongly sentenced separately for offences under Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 s 82(1) instead of the offences being taken into account when sentencing for offences under the Customs Act s 233B(1)(ca), s 235(2)(c)(i), s 235(2)(ii)(A) - whether sentence manifestly inadequate - whether appellate intervention justified - appeal dismissed. Customs Act 1901 LEGISLATION CITED : Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) R v Thomson [2000] 49 NSWLR 383 Veen (No 2) v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 465 Baumer v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 51 CASES CITED: R v Hamzy (2000) NSWCCA 539 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 Baker v R (2000) NSWCCA 85 Wong & Leung [2001] HCA 64 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.