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R v Griffiths[2009] QCA 13
R v Griffiths[2009] QCA 13
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND
PARTIES: | |
FILE NO/S: | |
Court of Appeal | |
PROCEEDING: | Sentence Application |
ORIGINATING COURT: | |
DELIVERED ON: | 13 February 2009 |
DELIVERED AT: | Brisbane |
HEARING DATE: | 4 February 2009 |
JUDGES: | de Jersey CJ, Muir JA and Atkinson J |
ORDERS: |
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CATCHWORDS: | CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE – GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE – SENTENCE MANIFESTLY EXCESSIVE OR INADEQUATE – where a sentence of 18 months imprisonment with a parole release date fixed at four months imposed after a plea of guilty for an offence of unlawful possession of methylamphetamine in a quantity exceeding two grams – where the applicant suffered from generalised anxiety and major depressive disorders – where applicant assisted the preservation of a substantial quantity of methylamphetamine upon discovering it in her dwelling – where the applicant had no commercial purpose in her dealing with the drug – whether insufficient weight was given to the circumstances of the applicant and to those of the offence – whether too much weight was given to the activities of others and not enough to the applicant's fear and panic in explaining her actions – whether the sentence imposed was manifestly excessive. R v Hesketh; ex parte A-G (Qld) [2004] QCA 116, distinguished R v Tabe [2004] QCA 17, considered |
COUNSEL: | D T Locantro (sol) for the applicant/appellant |
SOLICITORS: | Locantro Lawyers for the applicant/appellant |