Pham v R [2013] NSWCCA 217

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Pham v R [2013] NSWCCA 217 Hearing dates: 30 May 2013 Decision date: 25 September 2013 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Fullerton J at [2 ] McCallum J at [3] Decision: Leave to appeal granted; appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME - sentence appeal - drug supply - large commercial quantity - whether primary judge erred in placing too much weight on quantity of drugs - whether sentence manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 ss 44; 54B Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 s 25(2) Cases Cited: Coetzee v R [2007] NSWCCA 12 Dinsdale v R [2002] HCA 54; (2002) 202 CLR 321 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Elmir v R [2009] NSWCCA 22; (2009) 193 A Crim R 87 Hili v R [2010] HCA 45; (2010) 242 CLR 520 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 R v Calcutt [2012] NSWCCA 40 R v Hamzy (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 Sevastopoulos v R [2011] NSWCCA 201 Stevens v R [2007] NSWCCA 252 Vuni v R [2006] NSWCCA 171 Wang v R [2009] NSWCCA 223 Wong v R [2001] HCA 64; (2001) 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ho Thien Chuong Pham (appellant) Regina (respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Cinque (Crown) R O'Brien (counsel for respondent) Solicitors: Stidwill Solicitors (appellant) Director of Public Prosecutions (respondent) File Number(s): 2010/225740 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2011-07-14 00:00:00 Before: Cogswell DCJ File Number(s): 2010/225740