Hristovksi v R [2010] NSWCCA 129

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Hristovksi v R [2010] NSWCCA 129

HEARING DATE(S): 2 June 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 23 June 2010

JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJatCL at 1; Grove J at 2; Johnson J at 3

DECISION: Leave to appeal against sentence granted. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - supply large commercial quantities of MDMA and amphetamine - supply commercial quantity of MDMA - possession of pistol - standard non-parole period offences - whether error in assessment of objective seriousness of offences - whether sentences manifestly excessive - sentences entirely concurrent - no error in assessment of objective seriousness - relevance to assessment of objective seriousness of drug supply offences that supplier in possession of loaded pistol - sentences not manifestly excessive - fixed terms of imprisonment imposed for two standard non-parole offences in breach of s.45(1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - no ground of appeal relying on this error - no power of Court of Criminal Appeal to intervene unless s.6(3) or s.7(1A) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 apply - erroneous sentences not invalid - error may be corrected under s.43 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - appeal dismissed

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 LEGISLATION CITED: Firearms Act 1996 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

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