Heng v R [2019] NSWCCA 317

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Heng v R [2019] NSWCCA 317 Hearing dates: 1 November 2019 Date of orders: 23 December 2019 Decision date: 23 December 2019 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Harrison J at [60]; Cavanagh J at [61] Decision: (1) Grant the applicant an extension of time to file his application for leave to the date upon which the application was filed. (2) Leave to appeal against sentence granted. (3) Appeal against sentence dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – sentence – importation of commercial quantity of border controlled drug – assessment of objective gravity – whether primary judge found that objective seriousness of offender's offence was "right at the utmost upper end of the upper range" – whether manifest excess – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), ss 16BA, 16G Criminal Code (Cth), ss 11.2, 305.3, 307.1 Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Kuo v R; Huang v R; Shih v R [2018] NSWCCA 270 Lin v R; Ng v R [2016] NSWCCA 200 Obiekwe v R [2018] NSWCCA 55 R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; [2016] HCA 48 R v Lee [2007] NSWCCA 234 R v Nguyen and Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238; (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 Teng, Lam, Tan and Wong (2009) 22 VR 706 Xiao v The Queen (2018) 96 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCCA 4 Yuan v The Queen [2015] NSWCCA 198 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 Chan v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 153 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Chan Heng (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I McLachlan (Applicant) G Wright (Respondent)