11 Oct 2019
The application for direct leave to appeal was dismissed because the case raises no exceptional circumstances or question of general public importance warranting Supreme Court intervention; the High Court and Court of Appeal adequately considered the factual matters and the assessment of disproportionality was case-specific.
20 Aug 2019
The sentencing Judge properly balanced the applicant's personal circumstances against the seriousness of repeated dishonesty offences, prior failure to comply with community supervision, and offending while on bail, and concluded imprisonment was necessary and the least restrictive appropriate outcome; appellate deference to the sentencing Judge's assessment was warranted where the dividing line between home detention and imprisonment was close, therefore there was no error requiring substitution of a home detention sentence.
1 Feb 2019
The application to adjourn was declined; the trial and sentencing law in force at the time of sentencing must be applied by the sentencing court, and any change by the Court of Appeal does not automatically operate retrospectively; the proper course is to decide this appeal promptly and allow the appellant the right to appeal to the Court of Appeal and to apply to join the scheduled April hearing if appropriate.
19 May 2017
Leave to adduce the ACC psychological assessment was granted, but the assessment did not establish a sufficient causal nexus between the appellant's PTSD/childhood vulnerabilities and her sustained, deliberate commercial drug offending; deterrence and aggravating factors (reoffending while on parole and prior convictions) justified upholding the sentence, so the appeal against sentence was dismissed.