R v Anderson [2012] NSWCCA 175

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Anderson [2012] NSWCCA 175 Hearing dates: 20 July 2012 Decision date: 04 September 2012 Before: Allsop P at [1] Davies J at [5] Campbell J at [58] Decision: Crown appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – Crown appeal – supply commercial quantity of methylamphetamine – whether sentence manifestly inadequate – credit given for onerous bail conditions – offender not in rehabilitation custody – sentence ordered to avoid returning offender to custody - drug syndicate – relative role of offender – parity whether disparity bespeaks error – sentence lenient but not manifestly inadequate – residual discretion not to uphold appeal. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Case Conferencing Trial Act 2008 Cases Cited: BJT v R [2011] NSWCCA 12 Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22; (2003) 214 CLR 118 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Hughes v R [2008] NSWCCA 48, (2008) 185 A Crim R 155 R v Delaney [2003] NSWCCA 342, (2003) 59 NSWLR 1 R v Douglas (unreported, NSWCCA, 4 March 1997) R v Eastaway (unreported, NSWCCA, 19 May 1992) R v McHugh (1985) 1 NSWLR 588 R v Yuksel; R v Sirtlan [2012] NSWCCA 84 Truss v R [2008] NSWCCA 325 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Crown (Applicant) Leah Anderson (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Ingram SC (Applicant) C Davenport SC (Respondent) Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Applicant) Katsoolis & Co (Respondent) File Number(s): CCA 2009/283346 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2012-01-23 00:00:00 Before: Tupman DCJ File Number(s): 2009/283346