Small v R [2018] NSWCCA 290

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Small v R [2018] NSWCCA 290 Hearing dates: 30 November 2018 Decision date: 14 December 2018 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; Johnson J at [46]; Campbell J at [47] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal allowed. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – one count of supply a prohibited drug (heroin) – imprisonment for 4 years with a non-parole period of 2 years – whether sentencing judge erred by failing to properly give credit to reflect the time spent by the applicant in "quasi-custody" – no issue as to existence of period of quasi-custody – quasi-custody specifically referred to by sentencing judge – sentencing judge took quasi-custody into account when formulating the sentence but did not backdate the commencement date of the sentence – no obligation to backdate commencement date of sentence – period of quasi-custody taken into account – appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) – s 47(3) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) – s 5(1)(c) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1900 (NSW) – s 25(1) Cases Cited: Bonett v R [2013] NSWCCA 234 Brown v R [2013] NSWCCA 44 Gibbs v R [2007] NSWCCA 171 Hughes v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 48; 185 A Crim R 155 Kelly v R [2018] NSWCCA 44 R v AC (No 7) [2016] NSWSC 404 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 R v Gardiner [2018] NSWCCA 27 R v Eastway (NSWCCA, Hunt CJ at CL, 19 May 1992, unrep) R v Neal; R v Small; R v Williams [2018] NSWDC 30 R v Sullivan [2004] NSWCCA 99 Reddy v R [2018] NSWCCA 212 Regina v Campbell [1999] NSWCCA 76 Regina v Delaney [2003] NSWCCA 342; 59 NSWLR 1 Renshaw v R [2012] NSWCCA 91 Truss v R [2008] NSWCCA 325 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rebecca Jane Small – Applicant Regina – Respondent Crown Representation: Counsel: L Brasch – Applicant F Veltro – Respondent Crown