Stock v R [2011] NSWCCA 49

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Stock v R [2011] NSWCCA 49 Hearing dates: 11 February 2011 Decision date: 30 March 2011 Before: McClellan CJ at CL at [1] Buddin J at [2] Schmidt J at [3] Decision: 1. Leave to file the appeal out of time is granted. 2. Leave to appeal is granted. 3. The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - whether there was insufficient weight given to contrition and remorse - whether insufficient weight given to the forfeiture proceedings and money paid to the State of New South Wales - whether penalty imposed was manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Confiscation of Proceeds of Crimes Act 1989 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2010 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) Cases Cited: Bui v R [2008] NSWCCA 314 Dinsdale v R [200] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321 GAS v R [2004] HCA 22; (2004) 217 CLR 198 Hampton v R [2010] NSWCCA 278 Lowe v R [1984] HCA 46; (1984) 154 CLR 606 Nguyen v R [2009] NSWCCA 283 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 Poyner v R (1986) 60 ALJR 616 R v AD [2005] NSWCCA 208 R v AJP [2004] NSWCCA 434;150 A Crim R 575 R v Boney [2008] NSWCCA 313 R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209 R v Kalache [2000] NSWCCA 2; (2000) 111 A Crim R 152 R v Knight; R v Biuvanua [2007] NSWCCA 283; (2007) 176 A Crim R 338 R v Murray (unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, NSW, Barr J, 29 October 1997) R v Slattery (1996) 90 A Crim R 519 R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131; (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 Re Attorney-General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure ) Act 1999 (No 1 of 2002) [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Regina v Farah [2005] NSWCCA 67 SZ v R [2007] NSWCCA 19; (2007) 168 A Crim R 249 Thi Lan Nguyen v R [2009] NSWCCA 181 Tran v R [2010] NSWCCA 72 Truong v R [2009] NSWCCA 41 Texts Cited: Kalache v The Queen S83/2000 [2000] HCATrans 713 Category: Principal judgment Parties: William Michael Stock (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr G Jones with Mr Bassett (Applicant) Mr JA Girdham (Crown) Solicitors: Ellis & Baxter Solicitors (Applicant) S Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): CCA No 2009/134996 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2009-11-04 00:00:00 Before: Black J File Number(s): 34868/08/17