R v Todoroski [2010] NSWCCA 75

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: R v Todoroski [2010] NSWCCA 75 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S): 21 April 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 30 April 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Allsop P at 1; Grove J at 14; Hislop J at 33

DECISION: Appeal dismissed

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – Appeal against sentence – Crown appeal – whether sentence manifestly inadequate – attempt to possess marketable quantity of heroin – sentencing exercise directed to individual justice – no specific error by sentencing judge - CRIMINAL LAW – s 68A Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 – ss 68, 79 and 80 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – whether s 68A Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 picked up by Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth)

Australian Constitution s 109 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 16A(1) Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) s 68A LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 5D Criminal Code 1995 (Commonwealth) Criminal Code Act 1924(Tas) s 402 (4A) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) ss 68, 79 and 80

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

El-Ghourani v R [2009] NSWCCA 140 Korgbara v R (2007) 170 A Crim R 568 Milich v R [2008] NSWCCA 148 N v R [2009] NSWCCA 108 Onuorah v R [2009] NSWCCA 238 R v Dang [2004] NSWCCA 265 CASES CITED : R v Haidar [2004] NSWCCA 350 R v Okeke [2005] NSWCCA 444 R v Rivadavia (2004) 61 NSWLR 63; R v SC [2008] NSWCCA 29 R v Talbot [2009] TASSC 107 R v Wong (1999) 48 NSWLR 340 Western Australia v The Commonwealth [1995] HCA 47; 183 CLR 373 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270