R v AH [2021] NSWDC 13

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v AH [2021] NSWDC 13 Hearing dates: 16 November 2020, 22 January 2021, 9 February 2021 Date of orders: 9 February 2021 Decision date: 09 February 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Wilson SC DCJ Decision: Full time custodial sentence imposed. Orders at [217]-[220] Catchwords: CRIME – sentence – multiple counts – charges on Form 1 (x 3) – where offending occurred while in psychotic state – whether moral culpability reduced by reason of drug-induced psychosis – where underlying mental condition Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 58, 59, 60, 112 Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 13 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3A, 5, 10A, 21A Inclosed Lands Protection Act 1901 (NSW) s 4 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 (NSW) s 5 Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) s 117 Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW) s 5 Cases Cited: Ah-Keni v R [2020] NSWCCA 122 Bourke v R [2010] NSWCCA 22 Buckley v R [2021] NSWCCA 6 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 DPP v Burton [2020] NSWCCA 54 DPP v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Fang (No. 4) [2017] NSWSC 323 R v Gagalowicz [2005] NSWCCA 452 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v Homann [2018] NSWSC 757 R v Ponfield (1999) 48 NSWLR 327 R v Rhodes [2017] NSWSC 694 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Re Attorney General's Application (No 1 of 2002) (NSW) (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Skelton v R [2015] NSWCCA 320 Tuncbilek v R [2020] NSWCCA 30 Texts Cited: None Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (ODPP) AH (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Ms S Hall (Offender)