NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ma; R v Zheng [2020] NSWDC 862 Hearing dates: 16 December 2020 Date of orders: 16 December 2020 Decision date: 16 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: Ma: A term of imprisonment of 3 years with a non-parole period of 18 months Zheng: A term of imprisonment of 3 years with a non-parole period of 18 months: at [43]. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Rehabilitation — Remorse — Unlikely to re-offend SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Deterrence — General principles — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing — Sentencing statistics SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Age of offender — Hardship — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Nguyen v R [2019] NSWCCA R v Mangano [2006] NSWCCA 35 R v Skorin [2005] NSWCCA 276 R v Smith [2016] NSWCCA 75 Why v R [2017] NSWCCA 101 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown)
Guo Qing Ma (Offender)
Yongjun Zheng (Offender) Representation: Ms J Chin (Solicitor of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions)
Mr S Brennan (counsel for Zheng)
Mr B Robinson (counsel for Ma) File Number(s): 2019/397083; 2019/397079 Publication restriction: Nil
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