Veith v R [2018] NSWCCA 284

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Veith v R [2018] NSWCCA 284 Hearing dates: 20 April 2018 Date of orders: 07 December 2018 Decision date: 07 December 2018 Before: Fullerton J at [1] Davies J at [2] Lonergan J at [3] Decision: (1) The time within which to file a notice of appeal is extended to 6 March 2018.

(2) Leave to appeal against sentence allowed.

(3) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: SENTENCING – supply of a prohibited drug – sentence appeal – weight to be given to character – whether the sentencing judge determined weight given to character based on type of offence – whether the sentencing judge took an anterior step in sentencing – instinctive synthesis – whether sentence was manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 9, 10, 12, 21A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s 6 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) s 25, Sch 1 Cases Cited: Athos v R ((2013) 233 A Crim R 302; [2013] NSWCCA 205 Johnson v R [2017] NSWCCA 43 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; 238 A Crim R 134; [2014] HCA 37 Lam v R [2014] NSWCCA 50 Markarian v The Queen ((2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Parente v R [2017] NSWCCA 284 R v Clark ((Court of Criminal Appeal ((NSW), 15 March 1990, unrep) R v Mauger [2012] NSWCCA 51 Redfern v R (2012) 228 A Crim R 56; [2012] NSWCCA 178 Ryan v R ((2001) 206 CLR 267; 118 A Crim R 538; [2001] HCA 21 Vaiusu v R [2017] NSWCCA 71 Van Can Ha v R [2008] NSWCCA 141 Yang v R ((2012) 219 A Crim R 550; [2012] NSWCCA 49 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Susannah Veith (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: P Lange (Applicant) F Veltro (Crown)