R v Paddison [2021] NSWDC 291

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Paddison [2021] NSWDC 291 Hearing dates: 26 June 2021 Date of orders: 02 July 2021 Decision date: 02 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 134 Catchwords: CRIMINAL – sentence – firearms offences – relevance of offender's mental health condition to culpability – relevance to mitigation that the offender's purpose was self-protection – offence committed after home invasion – offences on a Form 1 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – statutory requirement for home detention report before directing sentence to be served by intensive corrective order Legislation Cited: Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 (NSW) ss 18, 19 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 193C Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3A, 17C, 17D, 66, 73A Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) ss 10, 25, 39F Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) ss 7, 65 Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 (NSW) s 7 Cases Cited: Athos v R (2013) 83 NSWLR 224 Attorney-General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (No. 1 of 2002) (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Cramp v R [2008] NSWCCA 40 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Guode v The Queen [2018] VSCA 205 James v R [2021] NSWCCA 23 KC v R [2009] NSWCCA 110 Lou v R [2021] NSWCCA 120 Luu v R [2008] NSWCCA 285 Mandranis v R [2021] NSWCCA 97 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 R v AA [2006] NSWCCA 55 R v AZ [2011] NSWCCA 43 R v Cromarty (2004) 144 A Crim R 515 R v Harris (2001) 125 A Crim R 27 R v Krstic [2005] NSWCCA 391 R v Lachlan [2015] NSWCCA 178 R v Najem [2008] NSWCCA 32 R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 R v Tolley [2004] NSWCCA 165 Thalari v R (2009) 75 NSWLR 307 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 Wany v DPP (2020) 103 NSWLR 620 Texts Cited: Nil. Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) Mr S Paddison (offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Skinner for the offender Mr T Gabrial (solicitor) for the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)