R v Gutierrez [2004] NSWCCA 22

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Gutierrez [2004] NSWCCA 22 HEARING DATE(S) : 28/11/2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 February 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Kirby J at 2; Shaw J at 189 DECISION : 60419/02: Crown appeal against sentence dismissed (by majority); 60217/03: Appeal against conviction dismissed; Appeal against severity of sentence dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : appeal against conviction & sentence by accused - admissibility of identification evidence in re-examination - warning on mental illness - use of word 'accomplice' in warning - fresh evidence - crown appeal against sentence - 3 serious offences - importation of cocaine - conspiracy to import cocaine - money laundering - offender profit sharing & senior figure - whether manifestly inadequate Customs Act 1901 (Cth), s233B LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s165 Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 (Cth), s81 Festa v The Queen (2001) 208 CLR 593; Gray v The Queen [2001] HCA 65; Harriman v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 590; House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; Pang v R (1999) 105 A Crim R 474; R v Atkinson [2001] NSWCCA 342; R v Baartman [2000] NSWCCA 298; R v Ian Saxon (unreported, CCA, 31.10.97); CASES CITED : R v Ita [2003] NSWCCA 174; R v Lars (1994) 73 A Crim R 91; R v Moore & Wiebe (unreported, CCA, 11.8.92); R v Quach [2002] NSWCCA 519; R v Radloff (1996) 88 A Crim R 26; R v Snell [1999] NSWCCA 26; R v Stewart (2001) 52 NSWLR 301; R v Wong & Leung (1999) 48 NSWLR 340; R v Yasin Capar [2002] NSWCCA 517; Regina v Davis (1997) 4 Crim LN [731]; Regina PARTIES : Karl Anthony Gutierrez