Yin v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 217

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Yin v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 217 Hearing dates: 28 June 2019 Date of orders: 17 September 2019 Decision date: 17 September 2019 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Harrison J at [54]; N Adams J at [55] Decision: (1) Refuse leave to appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – Drug offences – Commonwealth offences – Import/Export border-controlled prohibited plant or drug – Import commercial quantity of methamphetamine – Two co-offenders

CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against sentence – Whether error in assessment of objective seriousness – Comparison of seriousness of applicant's offending and that of two co-offenders

CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against sentence – Co-offenders – Disparity between sentences – Whether gives rise to a justifiable sense of grievance Legislation Cited: Criminal Code (Cth) Cases Cited: Biddle v R [2017] NSWCCA 128 Chan, Lo and Nguyen v R [2010] NSWCCA 153 Clarke v R [2015] NSWCCA 232 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Green v The Queen; Quin v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Hordern v R [2019] NSWCCA 138 Klomfar v R [2019] NSWCCA 61 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Lee [2007] NSWCCA 234 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238 R v O'Donoghue (1988) 34 A Crim R 397 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 R v Yuan [2015] NSWCCA 198 Turnbull v Chief Executive of the Office Environment and Heritage [2015] NSWCCA 278 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Po-Wen Yin (applicant) The Crown (respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Conwell (applicant) A McGrath (respondent)