R v Abdulrahman [2020] NSWDC 731

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Abdulrahman [2020] NSWDC 731 Hearing dates: 25 September 2020 Date of orders: 25 September 2020 Decision date: 25 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: An aggregate term of imprisonment of 6 years, 10 months with a non-parole period of 4 years, 6 months: [48]. Catchwords: CRIME — Driving offences — Dangerous driving occasioning death SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty SENTENCING — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Circumstances of offence — Form 1 offences — General principles — Maximum penalty — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Mental illness — Drug addiction Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceeding) Act 1987 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Poisons and Thearpeutic Goods Act 1966 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Cahyadi v R (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Elkassir v The Queen [2013] NSWCCA 181 R v Jurasic (1998) 101 A Crim R 259 R v Whyte (2002)134 A Crim R 53 Smith v The Queen [2020] NSWCCA 181 Woodbridge v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 185 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown)