R v Aaron Tran; R v Peter Tran; R v Hoang Nguyen [2013] NSWCCA 136

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Aaron Tran; R v Peter Tran; R v Hoang Nguyen [2013] NSWCCA 136 Hearing dates: 10/05/2013 Decision date: 07 June 2013 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1] Fullerton J at [2] Adamson J at [54] Decision: 1. Crown appeal against sentence for Aaron Geoffrey Tran is dismissed. 2. Crown appeal against sentence for Peter Nguyen Tran is dismissed. 3. Crown appeal against sentence for Hoang Duy Nguyen is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - Crown appeal against sentence - offences relating to importation of commercial quantity of heroin - whether sentences manifestly inadequate Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: DPP (Vic) v Azizi (County Court of Victoria, Taft J, 16 September 2011, unreported) DPP (Vic) v Christos (County Court of Victoria, Taft J, 16 September 2011, unreported) DPP (Vic) v Quy Hung Truong (County Court of Victoria, Montgomery J, 2 April 2012, unreported) Dinsdale v R [2000] HCA 54; 202 CLR 321; 115 A Crim R 558 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; 79 NSWLR 1; 205 A Crim R 1 Govindaraju v R [2011] NSWCCA 255 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462; 214 A Crim R 152 Hili v R; Jones v R [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520; 204 A Crim R 434 Kuti v R [2012] NSWCCA 43 Le v R [2006] NSWCCA 136 Ng, Chin Swee v R [2010] NSWCCA 232 Pang v R [1999] NSWCCA 4; 105 A Crim R 474 R v Alasti-Faridani (District Court of NSW, McLoughlin DCJ, 10 February 2012, unreported) R v Bezan [2004] NSWCCA 342, 147 A Crim R 430 R v DW [2012] NSWCCA 66 R v Dede (District Court of NSW, Finnane DCJ, 17 February 2012, unreported) R v Firmin (Supreme Court of Queensland, Lyons J, 16 May 2012, unreported) R v Holland [2011] NSWCCA 65; 205 A Crim R 429 R v Karan (District Court of NSW, McLoughlin DCJ, 12 October 2012, unreported) R v Karan [2013] NSWCCA 53 R v Klein [2001] NSWCCA 120; 121 A Crim R 90 R v Kreimerman (District Court of NSW, Wells DCJ, 13 December 2011, unreported) R v Leroy [1984] 2 NSWLR 441 R v Mirzaee [2004] NSWCCA 315 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238; 205 A Crim R 106 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270 R v Otto [2005] NSWCCA 333; 157 A Crim R 525 R v Pinero Asencio (District Court of NSW, Finnane DCJ, 17 February 2012, unreported) R v Riddell [2009] NSWCCA 96; 194 A Crim R 524 R v SC [2008] NSWCCA 29 R v Wong; R v Cheung (District Court of NSW, Williams DCJ, 20 April 2012, unreported) Seah v R [2011] NSWCCA 269 Speer v R [2004] NSWCCA 118 Thoung Nguyen v R [2012] 184 Tyler v R; R v Chalmers [2007] NSWCCA 247; 173 A Crim R 458 Youssef v R [2011] NSWCCA 104 Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Crown Aaron Geoffrey Tran (1st Respondent) Peter Nguyen Tran (2nd Respondent) Hoang Duy Nguyen (3rd Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C O'Donnell (Crown) J O'Sullivan (1st Respondent) P Hamill SC (2nd Respondent) S Odgers SC (3rd Respondent) Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) WH Parsons & Associates (1st Respondent) Ly Lawyers (2nd Respondent) Murphy's Lawyers Inc (3rd Respondent) File Number(s): 2012/66507 2012/66508 2012/66580 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2012-10-19 00:00:00 Before: Walmsley DCJ File Number(s): 2012/66507 2012/66508 2012/66580