Huynh v R [2008] NSWCCA 216

Appeal Outcome: Special leave dismissed by the High Court (s486/2009) 12 March 2009 [2009] HCASL 53

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Huynh v R [2008] NSWCCA 216

HEARING DATE(S): 12 September 2008

JUDGMENT DATE: 22 September 2008

JUDGMENT OF: Allsop P at 1; Johnson J at 2; Price J at 73

DECISION: Leave to appeal against sentence granted; appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - supply prohibited drug - related summary offences of dealing with property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime - special circumstances - sentences not manifestly excessive

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Customs Act 1901 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Maxwell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 501 R v Ibrahim [2005] NSWCCA 43 R v Nightingale [2005] NSWCCA 147 R v Vera [2008] NSWCCA 33 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 R v Fidow [2004] NSWCCA 172 CASES CITED : R v MMK (2006) 164 A Crim R 481 R v McDonald (NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, 12 October 1998) R v Morgan (1993) 70 A Crim R 368 R v George (2004) 149 A Crim R 38 R v McNaughton (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v MA (2004) 145 A Crim R 434 R v Thompson (2005) 156 A Crim R 467 R v Clayton (1997) 42 NSWLR 268