RITTER v REGINA [2012] NSWCCA 121

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: RITTER v REGINA [2012] NSWCCA 121 Hearing dates: Thursday 3 May 2012 Decision date: 06 June 2012 Before: Hoeben JA at [1] RS Hulme J at [2] Fullerton J at [38] Decision: Grant leave to appeal. Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: Criminal law - sentencing - ongoing supply of heroin Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Ali Osman v R [2008] NSWCCA 157 Chen v R [2009] NSWCCA 157 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De Fong v R [2011] NSWCCA 283 Hanza v R [2008] NSWCCA 288 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Le Huynh v R [2006] NSWCCA 77 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25 (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mirza v R [2007] NSWCCA 248 R v CBK [2002] NSWCCA 457; (2002) 128 A Crim R 29 R v Cheikh & Hoete [2004] NSWCCA 448 R v Ek Huoy Eap (unreported Sides DCJ, 4 March 2009 R v Farah [2005] NSWCCA 67 R v King (unreported Ellis DCJ, 17 September 2009) R v Kairouz [2005] NSWCCA 247 R v Khaled [2001] NSWCCA 169 R v Ladocki [2004] NSWCCA 336 R v Lao [2003] NSWCCA 315 at [32] R v Nikolovska [2010] NSWCCA 169 (2010) 209 A Crim R 218 R v Preston [2005] NSWCCA 177 R v Radford [2002] NSWCCA 122 R v Siljanovski & Kostadinovic [2003] NSWCCA 38 R v Smith (unreported Ellis DCJ, 18 August 2010) Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Smith v R [2007] NSWCCA 138 SZ v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 19; (2007) 168 A Crim R 249 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1987-1988) 164 CLR 465 Windle v R [2011] NSWCCA 277 Category: Principal judgment Parties: REMUS RITTER v REGINA Representation: C: S Dowling A: P Boulten SC C: S Kavanagh A: Placanica Lawyers File Number(s): 2010/112983 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2011-05-24 00:00:00 Before: Sides DCJ File Number(s): 2010/112983