Regina v Yi-Hua Jiao [2015] NSWCCA 95

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Regina v Yi-Hua Jiao [2015] NSWCCA 95 Hearing dates: 6 May 2015 Date of orders: 15 May 2015 Decision date: 15 May 2015 Before: Ward JA; Johnson J; Schmidt J Decision: 1.The appeal is upheld. 2.The sentence is quashed. 3.Ms Jiao is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 16 months commencing on 19 December 2014 and is to be released on 19 December 2015 upon Ms Jiao entering into a recognizance to be of good behaviour for a period of 4 months expiring on 18 March 2016. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – Crown appeal against sentence – federal offence – money laundering – offence under s 400.9(1) Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) –whether sentence was manifestly inadequate – objective seriousness of offence– importance of general deterrence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), ss 16A, 19AC, 20 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill (No. 2) 2009 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5D Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) ss 400.3, 400.4, 400.5, 400.6, 400.7, 400.8, 400.9, Cases Cited: Almada v R [2015] NSWCCA 19 Assafiri v R [2007] NSWCCA 159 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1; 168 A Crim R 41 CMB v Attorney General for New South Wales [2015] HCA 9; 317 ALR 308 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 Majeed v R [2013] VSCA 40 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 Milne v R [2012] NSWCCA 24; 259 FLR 42 Milne v The Queen [2014] HCA 4; 252 CLR 149 R v Bugmy (No 2) [2014] NSWCCA 322 R v DH; R v AH [2014] NSWCCA 326 R v Ferrer-Esis (1991) 55 A Crim R 231 R v Guo; R v Qian [2010] NSWCCA 170; 201 A Crim R 403 R v Harris [2015] NSWCCA 81 R v Hernando [2002] NSWCCA 489; 136 A Crim R 451 R v Lee [2007] NSWCCA 234 R v Li [2010] NSWCCA 125; 202 A Crim R 195 R v Milne (No 1) [2010] NSWSC 932; 260 FLR 166 R v Nguyen [2013] NSWCCA 195; 234 A Crim R 324 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238; 205 A Crim R 106 Shi v R [2014] NSWCCA 276 The Queen v De Simoni [1981] HCA 31; 147 CLR 383 The Queen v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270 Wong v The Queen; Leung v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Appellant) Yi-Hua Jiao (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: RG Bromwich SC with BM Neild (Appellant) Ms M Fanning (Respondent)