The quantum of a sentencing discount for future cooperation under s 21E of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) is not reviewable for specific error; it is examinable only as a particular of manifest excess. The sentencing framework and categorisation of drug importation sentences developed by the NSWCCA in Nguyen and Pham and De La Rosa should be applied in Victoria to promote national consistency. Ordinarily, a subsequent change in the assessed value of an offender's assistance will not reopen the sentencing discretion; only a dramatic difference between what was contemplated and what occurred will suffice.
The full text is available to signed-in members, including the 162 later cases that cite this judgment.
41 of the 162 citing cases carry a classified treatment. How each court treated it is available to signed-in members.