The Queensland Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against a nine-month imprisonment sentence for two counts of supplying methylamphetamine (a schedule 1 drug), finding no miscarriage of the sentencing discretion and no manifest excess. The Court emphasised that deterrence is an especially important sentencing goal for schedule 1 drug offences. White J acknowledged that another judge might have wholly suspended the sentence or crafted a different sentence given the lack of relevant prior convictions, but this did not constitute appealable error.
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