NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: R v SC [2008] NSWCCA 29
HEARING DATE(S): 13 November 2007
JUDGMENT DATE: 21 February 2008
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJ at CL at 1; Hall J at 2; Price J at 3
DECISION: Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: Criminal Law - sentencing - federal offence - sentencing range for low level trafficable quantities of cocaine and heroin - combined discount excessive - discretion exercised not to intervene.
Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 5D LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 16A(1), s 16A(2), s 16A(2)(n), s 16G Customs Act 1901 (Cth) s 233B
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339 R v Budiman (1998) 102 A Crim R 411 R v Karacic (2001) 121 A Crim R 7 R v Kevenaar (2004) 148 A Crim R 155 R v Klein (2001) 121 A Crim R 90 R v Mas Rivadavia [2004] 61 NSWLR 63 R v Taru [2002] NSWCCA 391 CASES CITED : R v Saxon (1996) 86 A Crim R 1 R v Studenikin (2004) 60 NSWLR 1 R v Sukkar [2006] NSWCCA 92 R v Ogochukwu [2004] NSWCCA 473 R v Wong & Ng (1988) 39 A Crim R 1 Regina v Nguyen (2005) 157 A Crim R 80 Regina v Wall [2000] NSWCCA 42 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584
PARTIES: Regina SC
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/1900
COUNSEL: W Abraham QC (Applicant) L Lloyd QC and C Fegan (Respondent)
SOLICITORS: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Applicant) Gray & Perkins Solicitors (Respondent)
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