Elmir v R [2009] NSWCCA 22

Reported Decision: 193 A Crim R 87

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Elmir v R [2009] NSWCCA 22

HEARING DATE(S): 10 December 2008

JUDGMENT DATE: 17 February 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Tobias JA at 1; James J at 80; Price J at 81

(a) Appeal against conviction dismissed. DECISION: (b) Grant leave to appeal against sentence. (c) Appeal against sentence dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – jurisdiction, practice and procedure – pleas – general pleas – plea of guilty – whether conviction for an offence was a miscarriage of justice where plea of guilty entered under a belief as to the law applicable to the case which was subsequently overturned - sentence – cumulative sentences – whether accumulation of sentence just and appropriate – relevant factors – hardship to others – whether medical condition of convicted person's wife and subsequent impact on children constituted exceptional circumstances

Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Evidence Act 1995 Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act 1997

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Cahyadi v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 1; (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Dowe v Commissioner of New South Wales Crime Commission [2007] NSWSC 166; (2007) 169 A Crim R 43 Gedeon v Commissioner of New South Wales Commission; Dowe v Commissioner of New South Wales Crime Commission [2008] HCA 43; [2008] 82 ALJR 1465 Hamzy v R (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Le v R [2006] NSWCCA 136 Maxwell v The Queen [1996] HCA 46; (1996) 184 CLR 501 Meissner v The Queen [1995] HCA 41; (1995) 184 CLR 132 Mill v R [1988] HCA 70; (1988) 166 CLR 59 Pearce v R [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Chiron (1980) 1 NSWLR 218 R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 CASES CITED : R v Forde [1923] 2 KB 400 R v Girard [2004] NSWCCA 170 R v Hammoud [2000] NSWCCA 540; (2000) 118 A Crim R 66 R v Hura [2001] NSWCCA 61; (2001) 121 A Crim R 472 R v Khan [2002] NSWCCA 521 R v Murphy [1965] VR 187 R v Myers (2002) NSWCCA 162 R v Rae (No 2) [2005] NSWCCA 380; (2005) 157 A Crim R 182 R v Sagiv (1986) 22 A Crim R 73 R v Togias [2001] NSWCCA 522; (2001) 127 A Crim R 23 R v Toro-Martinez [2000] NSWCCA 216; (2000) 114 A Crim R 533 R v Van [2002] NSWCCA 148; (2002) 129 A Crim R 229 Sauer v R [2006] NSWCCA 81 Woods v R [2008] NSWCCA 83