NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v Haidar [2004] NSWCCA 350 HEARING DATE(S) : 7/10/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 October 2004
JUDGMENT OF : McClellan AJA at 1; Studdert J at 2; James J at 3 DECISION : Appeal dismissed
CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Sentencing - drug offence - guilty plea to attempted importation - whether sentence manifestly excessive having regard to quantity of drug attempt rather than actual offence - relevance of motive for commission of offence to pay off debts owed to supplier for own drug habit LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act (Commonwealth) Customs Act (Commonwealth) R v Bernath [1997] 1 VR 271 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Irusta (2000) 117 A Crim R 6 R v Kevenaar [2004] NSWCCA 210 R v Mas Rivadavia [2004] NSWCCA 284 R v Reardon [2002] NSWCCA 203 CASES CITED : R v Schofield (2003) 138 A Crim R 19 R v Selim; unreported NSWCCA 19/05/1998 R v Speer [2004] NSWCCA 118 R v Studenikin [2004] NSWCCA 164 R v Taru [2002] NSWCCA 391 R v Tulloh; unreported NSWCCA 16/09/1993 R v Wong; R v Leung (1999) 48 NSWLR 340 Wong v The Queen; Leung v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 PARTIES : Regina v George Haidar FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 2004/2065 COUNSEL : P Byrne SC - Applicant Ms M M Cinque - Respondent SOLICITORS : Galloways - Applicant Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions - Respondent
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