Queensland Judgments
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R v Taylor
[2005] QCA 379 (05/0192) Brisb McMurdo P Jerrard JA Douglas J 14/10/2005
Catchwords
CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE – APPEAL BY CONVICTED PERSONS – APPLICATIONS TO REDUCE SENTENCE – WHEN REFUSED – applicant convicted on his own pleas of guilty to drug trafficking and various other drug-related offences – for drug trafficking the applicant was sentenced to five years imprisonment suspended after two years for an operational period of five years – concurrent sentences of up to two years imprisonment imposed on the other offences – applicant trafficked speed and ecstasy for a three month period – applicant made confession of trafficking to police when searched – applicant was not a drug user – applicant’s counsel conceded that the five year sentence was within range – whether suspending the sentence after two years was manifestly excessive