Jaafar v R [2017] NSWCCA 223

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Jaafar v R [2017] NSWCCA 223 Hearing dates: 15 May 2017 Date of orders: 20 September 2017 Decision date: 20 September 2017 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; Price J at [3]; Lonergan J at [120] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal allowed. (3) The sentence imposed by Madgwick QC ADCJ is quashed. (4) The applicant is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 17 years 6 months commencing on 6 December 2012 and expiring on 5 June 2030 with a non-parole period of 11 years, expiring on 5 December 2023. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal against sentence – conspiracy to import a commercial quantity of cocaine – whether judge erred in failing to adopt instinctive synthesis approach in sentencing applicant – concession of error by the Crown – re-sentence – consideration of the extent of the applicant's knowledge of the amount of the imported cocaine – consideration of parity of co-offender's sentences – whether justifiable sense of grievance – consideration of additional material on re-sentence – whether hardship to applicant's family exceptional – consideration of past and indicated future assistance to police – whether lesser sentence warranted Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), ss 16A(1), 16A(2), 16A(2)(f), 16A(2)(g), 16A(2)(p), 16AC(1), 16AC(2) Criminal Code (Cth), ss 11.5(1), 307.1(1) Cases Cited: Elshani v R (2015) 255 A Crim R 488; [2015] NSWCCA 254 Garcia v R [2013] NSWCCA 241 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Ilbay [2000] NSWCCA 251 R v Kollas and Mitchell [2002] NSWCCA 491 R v Nguyen; R v Pham (2010) 205 A Crim R 106; [2010] NSWCCA 238 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 R v Zerafa (2013) 235 A Crim R 265; [2013] NSWCCA 222 Wong v The Queen; Leung v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; 207 CLR 584 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mohammed Jamil Jaafar (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr T. Game SC, Mr P. Lange (Applicant) Ms S. McNaughton SC, Ms P. McEviery (Respondent)