Christie-Gilbert v R [2019] NSWCCA 9

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Christie-Gilbert v R [2019] NSWCCA 9 Hearing dates: 30 January 2019 Decision date: 13 February 2019 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; Wright J at [64]; Fagan J at [65] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal against sentence granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence appeal – plea of guilty to knowingly take part in the supply of not less than a commercial quantity of MDMA – offence of knowingly take part in the supply of a prohibited drug (10kg of cannabis) included on a Form 1 – applicant and co-offender driving to Adelaide and back to collect drugs – whether sentence imposed manifestly excessive – whether parity principle properly applied as between applicant and co-offender – leave to appeal granted but appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) – s 10A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) – s 5(1) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) – s 166 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) – s 25(1), s 25(2) Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (NSW) – s 16(1) Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) – s 112(1)(a) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; 249 CLR 571 Burrows v R [2017] NSWCCA 45 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; 202 CLR 321 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 Hughes v R [2018] NSWCCA 2 Lowe v The Queen [1984] HCA 46; 154 CLR 606 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Nguyen, Kathy v R [2015] NSWCCA 209 Wat v R [2017] NSWCCA 62 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Aaron Christie-Gilbert – Applicant Regina – Respondent Crown Representation: Counsel: D McCallum – Applicant M England – Respondent Crown