NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Francis [2020] NSWDC 870 Hearing dates: 4 December 2020 Date of orders: 4 December 2020 Decision date: 04 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: ML Williams SC DCJ Decision: Pursuant to section 8(1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, I order the offender to comply with a community corrections order for a period of 2 years commencing today: [67]. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Penalties — Community Corrections Order SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Rehabilitation — Remorse — Unlikely to re-offend SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Delay — Deterrence — Factual basis for sentence — General principles — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing — Sentencing statistics SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Mental illness — Hardship Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Burton [2020] NSWCCA 54 Greenwood v R [2014] NSWCCA 64 R v HJS [2020] NSWDC 480 R v JS (unreported, NSWDC, Yehia DCJ, 5 April 2019) R v Russell (unreported, NSWDC, Marien ADCJ, 15 March 2019) R v Stacy (unreported, NSWDC, Ellis DCJ, 30 August 2019) R v Thomas [2007] NSWCCA 269 R v Tuala [2015] NSWCCA 8 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown)
Roger Francis (Offender) Representation: Mr D Coulton (Solicitor for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions)
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