Alvares v R Farache v R [2011] NSWCCA 33

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Alvares v R Farache v R [2011] NSWCCA 33 Hearing dates: 7 February 2011 Decision date: 08 March 2011 Before: McClellan CJ at CL at [1] Buddin J at [2] Schmidt J at [88] Decision: In each case leave to appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - APPEAL - offences involving conspiracy to import commercial quantities of a border controlled precursor - whether error in approach to assessing the evidence of remorse - whether error in fixing the non-parole period - whether error in relation to prospects of rehabilitation Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Butters v R [2010] NSWCCA 1 Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339 GAS v The Queen (2004) 217 CLR 198 Hili v R; Jones v R [2010] HCA 45; (2010) 272 ALR 465 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Pham v R [2010] NSWCCA 208 R v Alameddine [2004] NSWCCA 286 R v Elfar [2003] NSWCCA 358 R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 R v Baker [2000] NSWCCA 85 R v Gallagher (1991) 23 NSWLR 220 R v Hooper [2004] NSWCCA 10 R v MAK (2006) 167 A Crim R 159 R v McGourty [2002] NSWCCA 335 R v Niketic [2002] NSWCCA 425 R v Tulloh (Court of Criminal Appeal, (NSW) 16 September 1993 unreported R v Qutami (2001) 127 A Crim R 369 R v Stafrace (1997) 96 A Crim R 452 Thewlis v R (2008) 186 A Crim R 279 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Richard Benjamin Alvares (Applicant) Hassan Farache (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Hamill SC (Applicant Alvares) M Thangaraj SC/S Bogan (Applicant Farache) W Roser SC (Crown) Solicitors: Legal Aid Commission (Applicant Alvares) Nyman Gibson Stewart (Applicant Farache) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2008/17567; 2008/17569 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2009-12-21 00:00:00 Before: Zahra DCJ File Number(s): 2008/17567; 2008/17569