R v Lin [2018] NSWDC 286

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Lin [2018] NSWDC 286 Hearing dates: 9 February 2018 Decision date: 16 February 2018 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Judge S Norrish QC Decision: Full time imprisonment. Full details at [52] Catchwords: CRIME – sentence - supply a prohibited drug – methylamphetamine - commercial quantity– discount for utilitarian benefit of the plea of guilty - evidence of contrition - objective seriousness – threshold for supplying – organised criminal activity – Form 1 offence – "equal justice" – parity - accumulation – delivery man – drug dependency – language difficulties Legislation Cited: Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: DPP(Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Hammoud v R [2000] NSWCCA 540 Jimmy v R [2010] NSWCCA 60 Lowe v R (1984) 154 CLR 606 Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59 Muldrock v R (2011) 244 CLR 120 Pearce v R (1998) 194 CLR 610 Postiglione v R (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Parente [2017] NSWCCA 284 R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Todd [1982] 2 NSWLR 517 Robertson v R [2017] NSWCCA 205 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Peter Yim Lin (aka Yimeng Lin) Representation: Counsel: P Leask (Crown) G Smith (Offender) File Number(s): 2015/00144576 Publication restriction: Nil