NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Trujillo-Mesa v R [2010] NSWCCA 201
HEARING DATE(S): 6 September 2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 10 September 2010
JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; Price J at 2; Fullerton J at 3
1. Leave to appeal is granted. DECISION: 2. The sentence imposed in the District Court is quashed. 3. In lieu of that sentence the applicant is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 7 years to date from 4 August 2008 and expiring on 3 August 2015, comprising a non-parole period of 4 years and 2 months. The applicant will be eligible for release to parole on 3 October 2012.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - conspiracy to deal with money believed to be the proceeds of crime - whether sentencing judge erred in not affording 25 per cent discount for early plea
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Fairbairn v R [2006] NSWCCA 337; 165 A Crim R 434 CASES CITED : R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; 195 A Crim R 1 R Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; 49 NSWLR 383
PARTIES: Gloria Patricia Trujillo-Mesa (App) The Crown (Resp)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2009/4159
COUNSEL: P Lange (App) L Crowley (Resp)
SOLICITORS: Legal Aid Commission of NSW (App) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Resp)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 2009/4159
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Sorby DCJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 13 August 2009
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 2009/4159
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