MI v R [2017] NSWCCA 225

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: MI v R [2017] NSWCCA 225 Hearing dates: 14 August 2017 Decision date: 15 September 2017 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Button J at [3]; Hamill J at [60] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted.

(2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – sentence – conspiracy to import a commercial quantity of a border-controlled precursor – whether erroneous disparity between sentences of offender and co-offender – where co-offender played a greater role within the hierarchy – whether sentence manifestly excessive – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Commonwealth Criminal Code 1995 (Cth), ss 11.5; 307.11 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 166 Firearms Act 1996 (NSW), s 65 Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 (NSW), s 7 Cases Cited: Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 PG v R [2017] NSWCCA 179 R v Nakash [2017] NSWCCA 196 R v Harb (District Court (NSW), 30 January 2015, unrep) R v Popovic (District Court (NSW), 7 September 2011, unrep) R v Spadina [2015] NSWSC 933 XY v R [2013] VSCA 261 Category: Principal judgment Parties: MI (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S. Kluss (Applicant) A. N. Williams (Crown)