Salafia v R [2015] NSWCCA 141

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Salafia v R [2015] NSWCCA 141 Hearing dates: 24 April 2015 Date of orders: 17 June 2015 Decision date: 17 June 2015 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Hall J at [2] Wilson J at [3] Decision: Leave to appeal is refused Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – whether presentence custody taken into account – whether sufficient reasons given

CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal - asserted error in assessment of the objective seriousness – joint criminal enterprise – assessment of the applicant's role in the enterprise – whether error in the way sentencing judge considered the amount of manufactured drug – whether undue reliance placed on expert opinion regarding the amounts of methylamphetamine that could theoretically be yielded from precursors

CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – whether sentence manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Ali v R [2010] NSWCCA 35 Dinsdale v R [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321 English [2000] NSWCCA 245 House v The King [1936] 55 CLR 499 Kaminic v R [2014] NSWCCA 116 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Munda v Western Australia [2013] HCA 38; (2013) 249 CLR 600 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Starmer [2008] NSWCCA 27 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Wiggins v R [2010] NSWCCA 30 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael Salafia (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr R Jankowski (Applicant) Ms H Roberts (Respondent)