JIMMY v REGINA [2010] NSWCCA 60

Reported Decision: 269 ALR 115240 FLR 27240 FLR 2777 NSWLR 540

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: JIMMY v REGINA [2010] NSWCCA 60

HEARING DATE(S): 17 November 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 9 April 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Campbell JA at 1; Howie J at 244; Rothman J at 252

DECISION: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: PROCEDURE - precedents - decisions of particular courts - review of court's previous decisions - effect of Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd (1993) 177 CLR 485 and Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 22 in relation to when a court may depart from its own previous decisions - CRIMINAL LAW - SENTENCE - relevant factors - the parity principle - the types of people whose sentences can be compared under the parity principle - parity between co-offenders - parity between participants in a criminal enterprise - CRIMINAL LAW - APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL - appeal against sentence - grounds for interference - the parity principle - CRIMINAL LAW - particular offences - financial transaction offences - money laundering

Australian Constitution Canadian Charter of Rights Crimes Act 1900 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Customs Act 1901 (Cth) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 (Cth) Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 (WA) Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 (Cth) United States Constitution

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