REGINA v ZENG [2008] NSWCCA 183

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: REGINA v ZENG [2008] NSWCCA 183

HEARING DATE(S): Wednesday 28 May 2008

JUDGMENT DATE: 6 August 2008

JUDGMENT OF: Giles JA at 1; Barr J at 2; Hall J at 3

Leave to appeal be granted. That the appeal be allowed, in part. DECISION: The respondent be re-sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 10 years with a non-parole period of six years commencing on 27 July 2006 and expiring on 26 July 2012, and with the balance of the term ending on 26 July 2016. Accordingly, the first date upon which the respondent will be eligible for release on parole will be 26 July 2012. The appeal is otherwise dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – SENTENCING – Crown appeal against sentence – whether sentence is manifestly excessive – conviction for attempted possession of commercial quantity of unlawfully imported drugs – over seventy four kilograms of ecstasy involved – storage of ecstasy at respondent's residence - participation in enterprise over a short duration of less than one day - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – correction of technical error regarding pre-sentence custody

LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Assafiri v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 159 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 Everett v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 295 Regina v Kevenaar (2004) 148 A Crim R 155, [2004] NSWCCA 210 Regina v Moore [2005] NSWCCA 212 CASES CITED : Regina v Newman (2004) 145 A Crim R 361, [2004] NSWCCA 102 Regina v Nguyen, Pham, Vu & To (2005) 157 A Crim R 80, [2005] NSWCCA 362 Regina v Schofield (2003) 138 A Crim R 119, [2003] NSWCCA3 Regina v Sukkar [2005] NSWCCA 54 Regina v To (2007) 172 A Crim R 121, [2007] NSWCCA 200 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584