Trimarchi v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 189

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Trimarchi v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 189 Hearing dates: 24 June 2019 Decision date: 14 August 2019 Before: Simpson AJA [1] Harrison J [2] N Adams J [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW — appeals — appeal against sentence —misapplication of principle—objective seriousness of the offence—assessment for each individual offence— whether application of Clarke principle— "smorgasbord" of drugs— whether no penalty other than imprisonment was appropriate

CRIMINAL LAW — appeals — appeal against sentence — manifest excess Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 53A Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 25(1) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW), s 65(3) Cases Cited: Attorney-General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518 Daher v R [2018] NSWCCA 287 Delaney v R; R v Delaney [2013] NSWCCA 150 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Parente v R [2018] 96 NSWLR 633; [2017] NSWCCA 284 R v Brown [2012] NSWCCA 199 R v Campbell [2014] NSWCCA 102 R v Campbell; R v Smith [2019] NSWCCA 1 R v Clark (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 15 March 1990, unrep) R v Van Ryn [2016] NSWCCA 1 Sponberg v R [2017] NSWCCA 120 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Texts Cited: Macquarie Dictionary Category: Principal judgment Parties: Stefano Trimarchi (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C O'Donnell SC (Applicant) H Roberts (Respondent)