Youssef v R [2011] NSWCCA 104

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Youssef v R [2011] NSWCCA 104 Hearing dates: 28 March 2011 Decision date: 23 May 2011 Before: Simpson & Davies JJ & Grove AJ Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - particular offences - drug offences - leave to appeal against sentence - whether notional starting point of sentence manifestly excessive - continuing authority of R v Wong and Leung [1999] NSWCCA 420. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Le v R [2006] NSWCCA 136 Mirza v R [2007] NSWCCA 257 Mohlasedi v R [2006] WASCA 267 R v Cheung and Choi [2010] NSWCCA 244 R v Huynh (2008) 180 A Crim R 517 R v Jimson [2009] NSWCCA 183 R v Mirzaee [2004] NSWCCA 315 R v Mokoena [2009] QCA 36 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238 R v Pham [2005] NSWCCA 314 R v Tran [2007] QCA 221; (2007) 172 A Crim R 436 R v Wong and Leung [1999] NSWCCA 420; 48 NSWLR 340 Regina v Nikolovska [2010] NSWCCA 169 Rutkowskyj v R [2008] NSWCCA 10 SZ v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 19 Teehan v R [2006] NSWCCA 401 Tyn v R [2009] NSWCCA 146 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tony Youssef (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Kluss (Applicant) L Crowley (Respondent) Solicitors: Elliott Lawyers (Applicant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/44909 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2010-02-12 00:00:00 Before: Hock DCJ File Number(s): 2009/44909