Watkins v R [2018] NSWCCA 24

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Watkins v R [2018] NSWCCA 24 Hearing dates: 5 February 2018 Date of orders: 02 March 2018 Decision date: 02 March 2018 Before: Payne JA at [1] Garling J at [2] Hidden AJ at [88] Decision: Leave to appeal refused. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal against sentence – supply prohibited drug – ongoing supply prohibited drug – possession of unauthorised firearm – deal with proceeds of crime – whether sentencing judge failed to take into account the objective seriousness of the offending – where brief ex tempore remarks on sentence – leave to appeal refused Legislation Cited: Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Firearms Act 1995 Cases Cited: Biles v R [2014] NSWCCA 170 Butters v R [2010] NSWCCA 1 Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2017] HCA 41; (2017) 349 ALR 37 Eldridge v R; Mackay v R [2015] NSWCCA 127 Grills v R [2016] NSWCCA 46 Huckstadt v R [2016] NSWCCA 22 Hurst v R [2017] NSWCCA 114 Luu v R [2008] NSWCCA 285 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 Paxton v R (2011) 219 A Crim R 104 Pearce v R [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Blair (2005) 152 A Crim R 462 R v Cage [2006] NSWCCA 304 R v Dashti [2016] NSWCCA 251 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238; 205 A Crim R R v Peter Michael Clark (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 15 March 1990, unrep) R v Scott [2005] NSWCCA 152 R v Van Ryn [2016] NSWCCA 1 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Principal judgment Parties: Marcus James Watkins (Applicant) The Crown Representation: Counsel: A Hughes (Applicant) B Hatfield (Crown)