R v Claudio VERA [2008] NSWCCA 33

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: R v Claudio VERA [2008] NSWCCA 33

HEARING DATE(S): 6 February 2008

JUDGMENT DATE: 25 February 2008

JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJ at CL at 1; Grove J at 2; Fullerton J at 3

DECISION: Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against inadequacy of sentence - supply prohibited drug - neither latent nor patent error found - special circumstances justified - attitude of Crown on sentence

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985

House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 R v Baker [2000] NSWCCA 85 R v Bezan [2004] NSWCCA 342; (2004) 147 A Crim R 430 R v Ceissman [2004] NSWCCA 466 CASES CITED : R v Chad (Court of Criminal Appeal, 13 May 1997, unreported) R v Fidow [2004] NSWCCA 172 R v MD, BM, NA, JT [2005] NSWCCA 342; (2005) 156 A Crim R 372 R v Pilley (1991) 56 A Crim R 202 R v Sharp (Court of Criminal Appeal, 23 March 1993, unreported) R v Wall [2002] NSWCCA 42

PARTIES: The Crown (Appl) Claudio Vera (Resp)

FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/4949

COUNSEL: G Rowling (Crown/Appl) H Dhanji (Resp)

SOLICITORS: Director of Public Prosecutions (Appl) Nyman Gibson Stewart (Resp)

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court

LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 06/11/0475

LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Coorey DCJ

LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 28 September 2007

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL CCA 2007/4949