Llavallol v R [2012] NSWCCA 29

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Llavallol v R [2012] NSWCCA 29 Hearing dates: 8 February 2012 Decision date: 09 March 2012 Before: Basten J at [1] RS Hulme J at [15] Schmidt J at [34] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal is granted. 2. The appeal is upheld. 3. The sentence is quashed and in lieu the applicant is sentenced to a non-parole period of 13 months commencing on 11 February 2011 and expiring on 10 March 2012 with a balance of term of 5 months expiring on 10 August 2012. 4. Direct that the applicant be released on parole subject to the standard conditions. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - whether error in failing to apply the provisions of the Criminal Case Conferencing Act - whether error in failing to take into account that the offence was capable of being dealt with in the Local Court - leave to appeal granted - leave upheld - sentence quashed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Criminal Case Conferencing Trial Act 2008 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Do v R [2010] NSWCCA 182 Greer v R [2011] NSWCCA 40 LJ v Regina [2010] NSWCCA 289 Nguyen v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 15 Re Attorney-General's Application under s37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (No 1 of 2002) [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Bonwick v R [2010] NSWCCA 177 R v Clarke (Court of Criminal Appeal, 15 March 1990, unreported) R v Crombie [1999] NSWCCA 297 R v El Masri [2005] NSWCCA 167 R v Giang [2005] NSWCCA 387 R v Hanslow [2004] NSWCCA 163 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) NSWLR 346 R v Khalad [2001] NSWCCA 169 R v Kalache (2000) 111 A Crim R 152 R v Knapp [2004] NSWCCA 419 R v Kean [2011] NSWCCA 136 R v Liang (Court of Criminal Appeal, 2 June 1995, unreported) R v Markarian [2003] NSWCCA 8 R v Palmer [2005] NSWCCA 349 R v Ramos (2000) 112 A Crim R 339 R v Thompson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCC 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Wong & Leung [1999] NSWCCA 420; (1999) 48 NSWLR 340 Tran v R [2010] NSWCCA 183 Wong v R [2001] HCA 64; 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Esteban Luis Llavallol (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Barrow (Applicant) Ms T Smith (Respondent) Solicitors: B Sandland, Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) S Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2010/116354 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2011-02-11 00:00:00 Before: Freeman DCJ File Number(s): 2010/116353