Webber v R [2014] NSWCCA 111

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Webber v R [2014] NSWCCA 111 Hearing dates: 26/03/2014 Decision date: 24 June 2014 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Fullerton J at [2] Adamson J at [50] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal is granted. 2. The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence appeal - importing a commercial quantity of cocaine - s 166 certificate offences - guilty plea -whether sentencing judge failed to give appropriate weight to applicant's subjective case - whether sentence manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barbaro v R [2014] HCA 2 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; 79 NSWLR 1 Dyer v R [2011] NSWCCA 185 Edwards v R [2009] NSWCCA 199 Elturk v R [2014] NSWCCA 61 Hili v R; Jones v R [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 Ng v R (Cth) [2010] NSWCCA 232 R v Todoroski (District Court (NSW), Sorby DCJ, 14 August 2009, unrep) R v Tran; R v Tran and R v Nguyen [2013] NSWCCA 136 Radi v R [2013] NSWCCA 278 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Damien John Webber (Applicant) The Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D O'Neil (Applicant) P Neil SC (Crown) Solicitors: Legal Aid NSW (Applicant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2010/157614; 2010/260896 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2012-04-13 00:00:00 Before: Black DCJ File Number(s): 2010/157614; 2010/260896