Lay v R [2014] NSWCCA 310

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lay v R [2014] NSWCCA 310 Hearing dates: 12/09/2014 Decision date: 19 December 2014 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; Fullerton J at [2]; Hamill J at [76] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal granted. 2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - attempt to possess commercial quantity of heroin - guilty plea - parity Legislation Cited: Criminal Code (Cth), ss 11.1, 307.5(1) Customs Act 1901 (Cth), s 233B Cases Cited: Aoun v R [2011] NSWCCA 284 Baxter v R [2007] NSWCCA 237; 173 A Crim R 284 Gill v R [2010] NSWCCA 236 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Kentwell v R [2014] HCA 37; 313 ALR 451 R v De Simoni [1981] HCA 31; 147 CLR 383 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Yet Toh Lay (Applicant) The Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: H Dhanji SC (Applicant) A Williams (Crown) Solicitors: Raymond Lee & Co (Applicant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2012/237247 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2013-11-14 00:00:00 Before: Zahra DCJ File Number(s): 2012/237247