R v Corey Samuel Yeo [2020] NSWDC 387

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Corey Samuel Yeo [2020] NSWDC 387 Hearing dates: 22 July 2020 Date of orders: 24 July 2020 Decision date: 24 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Priestley SC, DCJ Decision: See [16-17] Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Commercial quantity CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Indictable quantity Legislation Cited: Drugs Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Wong v The Queen [2001] 207 CLR 584 Newman (a pseudonym) v R [2019] NSWCCA [157] Parente v R [2017] NSWCCA 284 R v Clark [2007] QCA 168 Robertson v R [2017] NSWCCA 205 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1; 168 A Crim R 41 Fangaloka [2019] NSWCCA 173 Category: Sentence Parties: Crown (Regina) Yeo (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Mr Webb, solicitor advocate, for the Crown; Ms Goodhand counsel for the offender File Number(s): 2018/00393479 Publication restriction: Unrestricted

Contents Judgment Introduction Charge, maximum sentence, SNPP Form 1 procedure The facts Objective seriousness Section 21A. Subjective case Psychologist's report Guilty plea Other mitigating factors Parity Sentencing considerations Orders

Judgment

Introduction 1. The offender was born on 26 June 1992 and so is presently 28 years old. The date of the offending is in the period June to November 2018, so when the offender was 26 years old. The offender was arrested on 21 December 2018 and was in custody until 13 August 2019, so 7 months and 24 days, when he was released on bail into a rehabilitation facility. Apart from one further day in custody the offender was at three rehabilitation facilities at different times up until 22 February 2020 when his time at rehabilitation ended and his bail continued on his current conditions. The time spent in rehabilitation, or quasi custody, was therefore 6 months and 9 days.