Queensland Judgments
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R v Taylor
[2006] QCA 459 (06/0162) Brisb Jerrard JA Keane JA McMurdo J 10/11/2006
Catchwords
CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE – APPEAL BY CONVICTED PERSONS – APPLICATIONS TO REDUCE SENTENCE – WHEN REFUSED – PARTICULAR OFFENCES – OTHER OFFENCES – applicant pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful trafficking of a dangerous drug, 11 counts of supplying a dangerous drug to another, two counts of possession of a dangerous drug – sentenced to seven years and four months imprisonment (in total) on the trafficking count – whether sentence is manifestly excessive – whether sentencing judge err in neither suspending sentence nor recommending consideration for release on parole at some point earlier than the half-way mark of that sentence