R v Gundry [2021] NSWDC 238

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Gundry [2021] NSWDC 238 Hearing dates: 30 March 2021; 9 April 2021; 13 May 2021 Date of orders: 13 May 2021 Decision date: 13 May 2021 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: State offences: A term of imprisonment of 12 months with a non-parole period of 5 months: at [113]. Commonwealth offences: An aggregate term of imprisonment of 18 months, pursuant to ss 19AC and 20(1)(b) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) the offender is to be released on recognisance after 5 months on 18 July 2021: at [113]. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Federal offenders — Relevant considerations SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Rehabilitation — Rehabilitation — Unlikely to re-offend SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Circumstances of offence — Deterrence — Establishing relevant matters — Moral culpability — Multiple offences — Objective seriousness — Sentencing statistics SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Use of statistics SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Mental illness — Protective custody — Extra curial punishment — Health issues Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Code (Cth) Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 DPP (Cth) v Guest [2014] VSCA 29 DPP v Garside [2013] VSCA 74 Fitzgerald v R [2015] NSWCCA 266 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Minehan v R [2010] NSWCCA 140 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 R v Compton (unreported, NSWDC, Jeffreys DCJ, 21 August 2019) R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 R v De Novo (unreported, NSWDC, Lakatos DCJ, 26 February 2016) R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 R v O'Keefe (unreported, NSWDC, Wells DCJ, 11 December 2018) R v Pham [2015] HCA 39 R v Porte [2015] NSWCCA 174 R v Wagner [2018] NSWCCA 124 R v Wray (unreported, NSWDC, English DCJ 19 June 2020) Why v R [2017] NSWCCA 101 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Commonwealth Crown)