R v Marquez; R v Maranon [2020] NSWDC 83

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Marquez; R v Maranon [2020] NSWDC 83 Hearing dates: 31 January 2020 Date of orders: 31 January 2020 Decision date: 31 January 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: Marquez: A term of imprisonment of 5 years, with a non-parole period of 3 years: at [30]. Maranon: A term of imprisonment of 5 years, with a non-parole period of 3 years: at [30]. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Commonwealth offences — Import/Export border-controlled prohibited plant or drug — Sentence by State court for offence against Commonwealth law SENTENCING — Federal offenders — Relevant considerations SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Character of offence — Circumstances of offence — Co-offenders — Deterrence — General and specific deterrence — Prevalence of offence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code (Cth) Cases Cited: Chong v R [2011] NSWCCA 182 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Duflaut v R [2019] NSWCCA 21 Gwardys v R [2019] NSWCCA 62 Hili v R; Jones v R (2010) 242 CLR 520 Lindsay v R [2012] NSWCCA 124 Neto v R [2016] QCA 217 R v Nguyen; R v Pham (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 R v Sutton [2013] QCA 151 Woodrum v R [2019] NSWCCA 270 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1 ZZ v R [2019] NSWCCA 286 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown)