NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Anna LE v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 136 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 26 April 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 25 August 2006
JUDGMENT OF: McColl JA at 1; Adams J at 2; Latham J at 13
DECISION: Leave to appeal granted; Appeal dismissed
CATCHWORDS: Sentence - import traffickable quantity of heroin - whether exceptional hardship to applicant's family - whether manifestly excessive.
LEGISLATION CITED: Customs Act (Cth) 1901 Crimes Act (Cth) 1914
R v Bednarz [2000] NSWCCA 533 R v Liu [2005] NSWCCA 378 R v Togias (2001) 127 A Crim R 23; [2001] NSWCCA 552 DPP v Ip [2005] ACTCA 24 R v Gardner [2005] NSWCCA 383 R v Hinton (2002) NSWCCA 552 R v Gerard [2004] NSWCCA 170 CASES CITED: R v Berlinsky [2005] SASC 316 R v Nguyen (2001) 160 FLR 216 R v Gaw [2006] VSCA 51 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 R v Wong and Leung [1999] NSWCCA 420 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25 R v Bloomfield (1998) 44 NSWLR 734
PARTIES: Anna Le (Applicant) Regina (Crown)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2006/538
M Pickin (Applicant) COUNSEL: Ms W Abraham QC (Crown)
SOLICITORS: S O'Connor (Applicant) S Kavanagh (Crown)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 05/11/0464
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