R v Ha & Ors [2019] NSWDC 572

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ha & Ors [2019] NSWDC 572 Hearing dates: 10 & 26 July 2019 Date of orders: 26 July 2019 Decision date: 26 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bennett SC DCJ Decision: Ha – term of imprisonment of 6 years 9 months with a non-parole period of 3 years 6 months Le – aggregate term of imprisonment of 4 years 6 months with a non-parole period of 2 years 6 months Tran – aggregate term of imprisonment of 4 years 6 months with a non-parole period of 2 years 3 months Vu – term of imprisonment of 2 years 6 months with a non-parole period of 1 year 3 months Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited plant — Knowingly take part in supply SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Form 1 offences SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — General principles Legislation Cited: Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518 Bugmy [2013] HCA 37 Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Thi Kim Dung Ha (Offender) The Giang Le (Offender) Thi Doan Trang Tran (Offender) Thi Lan Anh Vu (Offender) Representation: Ben Ng (Crown) Corrie Goodhand (counsel) (Vu) Greg Stanton (counsel) (Tran) John Peluso (counsel) (Le & Ha)