R v Kostopoulos; R v Smith; R v Treffiletti [2014] NSWDC 360

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Kostopoulos; R v Smith; R v Treffiletti [2014] NSWDC 360 Hearing dates: 20/03/2014 Decision date: 23 May 2014 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Judge S Norrish QC Decision: Kostopoulos: - Sentenced to 5 years and 7 months imprisonment with a non - parole period of 2 years 11 months. Smith: - Sentenced to 4 years and 10 months imprisonment with a non - parole period of 2 years and 10 months Treffiletti: - Sentenced to 1 year and 3 months imprisonment, to be released forthwith upon entering a recognizance yourself in the sum of $500 for a period of 2 years. Catchwords: Criminal - Sentence, attempting to possess commercial quantity of unlawfully imported border controlled drug, early pleas of guilty, role of the offender. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 Cases Cited: R v Callaghan (2006) 160 A Crim R 145 Chow v R [2007] NSWCCA 225 Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) v De La Rosa [2010] 79 NSWLR 1 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 GAS v R [2004] HCA 22 Jimmy v R [2010] NSWCCA 6 R v Lee [2007] NSWCCA 234 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 5 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Thomson and Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions Leum Kostopoulos – Offender William Smith – Offender Carmelo Staluat Treffiletti - Offender Representation: Counsel: Mr S Mayhew - Crown Mr Boulten SC - Mr Kostopoulos Ms Moody - Mr Smith Mr Nicholls - Mr Treffiletti File Number(s): 2012/284936; 2012/284956; 2012/124190