Regina v Nikolovska [2010] NSWCCA 169

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Regina v Nikolovska [2010] NSWCCA 169

HEARING DATE(S): 7/7/10

JUDGMENT DATE: 22 December 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Kirby J at 2; Johnson J at 107

1. Leave to appeal granted. DECISION: 2. The sentence imposed by Nicholson DCJ on 25.9.09 quashed. 3. In lieu thereof, the respondent is sentenced to imprisonment with a non parole period of 4 years 9 months commencing on 10.12.07 and expiring on 9.9.12; with an additional term of 2 years 9 months expiring on 9.6.15. She will be eligible for parole on 9.9.12.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - Crown appeal - importation of marketable quantity of cocaine (1.431 kg) - offender's role - not low in heirarchy - breach of trust - Qantas employee used security clearance - sentence manifestly inadequate - issue of parity with co-offender - sentenced by reference to offender's sentence - no Crown appeal against co-offender - discretion to intervene - application s68A Crimes (Appeal and Review) Amendment (Double Jeopardy) Act

Criminal Code Act 1995 Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Appeal and Review) Amendment (Double Jeopardy) Act 2009 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth)

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; (2010) 243 FLR 28 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321 R v Carr [2002] NSWCCA 434; (2002) 135 A Crim R 171 R v Petroulias (No 36) [2008] NSWSC 626; (2008) 73 ATR 83 R v Wong and Leung [1999] NSWCCA 420; (1999) 48 NSWLR 340 R v Studenikin [2004] NSWCCA 164; 60 NSWLR 1 R v Rivadava [2004] NSWCCA 284; (2004) 61 NSWLR 63 Chan and Ors v Regina [2010] NSWCCA 153 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45 R v To [2005] NSWCCA 362; 157 A Crim R 80 R v Ferrer-Esis (1991) 55 A Crim R 231 R v Barrientos [1999] NSWCCA 1 R v Acosta [1999] NSWCCA 334 R v Gallego [2002] NSWCCA 529 R v Paliwala [2005] NSWCCA 221; (2005) 153 A Crim R 451 CASES CITED : R v SC [2008] NSWCCA 29 R v Mirzaee [2004] NSWCCA 315 R v Pham [2005] NSWCCA 314 Mohlasedi v R [2006] WASCA 267 Le v R [2006] NSWCCA 136 Teehan v R [2006] NSWCCA 401 R v Tran [2007] QCA 221; (2007) 172 A Crim R 426 Mirza v R [2007] NSWCCA 257 R v Huynh (2008) 180 A Crim R 517 R v Jimson [2009] QCA 183 R v Bernier (1998) 102 A Crim R 44 R v Green & Quinn [2010] NSWCCA 313 R v McIvor [2002] NSWCCA 490; (2002) 136 A Crim R 366 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; 195 A Crim R 1 Cvitan v R [2009] NSWCCA 156 Bulfin (1998) 101 A Crim R 40 R v Najem [2008] NSWCCA 32 R v JW [2010] NSWCCA 49