Wang v R [2010] NSWCCA 319

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Wang v R [2010] NSWCCA 319

HEARING DATE(S): 5 November 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 17 December 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Simpson J at 1; Schmidt J at 2; Howie AJ at 70

DECISION: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - leave to appeal against sentence - whether error in assessment of the role of the applicant in this offence - no error established - whether there was failure to give an appropriate discount for assistance to authorities and the plea of guilty - no error established - whether sentence imposed for Count 1 was too severe - not established - leave to appeal granted - appeal dismissed

Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Bugmy v The Queen [1990] HCA 18; (1990) 169 CLR 525 Chan, Lo and Nguyen v R [2010] NSWCCA 153 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Everett v The Queen [1990] HCA 49; (1994) 181 CLR 295 FS v R [2009] NSWCCA 301 Griffiths v The Queen [1977] HCA 44; (1977) 137 CLR 293 Jimmy v R [2010] NSWCCA 60; [2010] 269 ALR 115 Lowe v The Queen [1984] HCA 46; (1984) 154 CLR 606 R v Bateman [2000] NSWSC 915 CASES CITED : R v Bartle [2003] NSWCCA 329; (2003) 181 FLR 1 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 R v El Hani [2004] NSWCCA 162 R v Nguyen and Ors [2005] NSWCCA 362; 157 A Crim R 80 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238 R v Sukkar [2006] NSWCCA 92; (2006) 172 A Crim R 151 R v Studenikin [2004] NSWCCA 164; (2004) 60 NSWLR 1 R v To [2007] NSWCCA 200; (2007) 172 A Crim R 121 R v Tran [2007] QCA 221; 172 A Crim R 436 Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; 207 CLR 584 Yenice v R (1994) 72 A Crim R 234