Thiu Dieu Vu v Regina [2018] NSWCCA 122

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Thiu Dieu Vu v Regina [2018] NSWCCA 122 Hearing dates: 30 May 2018 Date of orders: 22 June 2018 Decision date: 22 June 2018 Before: Payne JA at [1]; Johnson J at [75]; Adamson J at [79] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against sentence granted;

(2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal against sentence – guilty plea to three counts under Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) – further offences taken into account on each count on Form 1 pursuant to s 32 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) – three co-offenders – whether sentencing judge erred in approach to indicative sentences leading to excessive aggregate sentence – parity – whether justifiable sentence of grievance when comparing sentence imposed upon one co-offender – whether sentence manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Electricity Supply Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Andreata v R [2015] NSWCCA 239 Barbaro v The Queen; Zirilli v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 Crowley v R [2017] NSWCCA 99 Gill v R [2010] NSWCCA 236 Green v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 463; [2011] HCA 49 Hughes v R [2018] NSWCCA 2 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297 Kremissis v R [2016] NSWCCA 257 Miles v R [2017] NSWCCA 266 Nguyen v R [2012] NSWCCA 42 Petrovski v R [2017] NSWCCA 309 Portolesi v R [2012] NSWCCA 157 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 Tan v R [2013] NSWCCA 164 Thangavelautham v R [2016] NSWCCA 141 Wan v R [2017] NSWCCA 261 Wei v R [2015] NSWCCA 66 Texts Cited: None Category: Principal judgment Parties: Thiu Dieu Vu (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S. Pararajasingham (Applicant) H. Roberts (Respondent)