Portolesi v R [2012] NSWCCA 157

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Portolesi v R [2012] NSWCCA 157 Hearing dates: 2 July 2012 Decision date: 26 July 2012 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Harrison J at [2]; Beech-Jones J at [3] Decision: (1) The application for leave to appeal be granted. (2) The appeal be dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME - appeal - severity of sentence- cultivation and supply commercial quantity cannabis - enhanced indoor means - s 166 offences - whether double punishment - concurrency - whether deemed supply constitutes extra criminality beyond cultivation - whether manifestly excessive - whether special circumstances. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900, s 33, s 110 Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s 6(3) Criminal Procedure Act 1986, s 166 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, s 3, s 23, s 25(1), s 33 Electricity Supply Act 1995, s 64 Firearms Act 1996, s 7A, s 36(1), s 39(1), s 65(3) Cases Cited: Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1; (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Cassidy v R [2012] NSWCCA 68 Kinchela v R [2010] NSWCCA 167 Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 Pearce v R [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v De Simoni [1981] HCA 31; (1981) 147 CLR 383 R v Elphick [2010] NSWCCA 112 R v Pearce (Court of Criminal Appeal, Sheller JA, Dowd and Hidden JJ, 18 December 1998, unreported) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dominic Portolesi (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr P R Boulten SC, Mr T J Flaherty (Applicant) Ms M Cinque (Crown) Solicitors: Cater & Blumer Solicitors (Applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2011/004908 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2011-08-23 00:00:00 Before: Toner DCJ File Number(s): DC 2011/4908