NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Tanti [2021] NSWDC 381 Hearing dates: 5 August 2021 Date of orders: 5 August 2021 Decision date: 05 August 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 4 years 6 months with a non-parole period of 2 years 6 months. Catchwords: CRIME - Possess Shortened Firearm - Possess Defaced Firearm - Possess Loaded Firearm in Public Place - Supply prohibited drug - Drive whilst disqualified - Negligent driving SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence - early plea - multiple offences - Forms 1 - s 166 summary matters - serving Local Court sentences - totality – application of Pearce v The Queen – long term drug addict – long record - escalation of seriousness of offending - some recent insight into need for rehabilitation programmes - community support Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Drug (Misuse and Trafficking) Act 1985 Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application No 1 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Cahyadi v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 1 (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Do v R [2010] NSWCCA 182 El Jamal v R [2017] NSW CCA 243 Markarian v the Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Lachlan [2015] NSW CCA 178 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Thurgar (1990) 51 A Crim R 109 Tran v R [2010] NSWCCA 183 Texts Cited: D. Wetherburn & S. Rahman, The Vanishing Criminal, MUP, 2021 Parole Supervision and Re-offending: Wai-Yin Wan, Suzanne Poynton, Gerard van Doorn and Don Weatherburn (2016) Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology v149. No.4. p 497, 2011, BOCSAR Category: Sentence Parties: Matthew Tanti (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Solicitors: Ms E Parkes, Solicitor Advocate, Legal Aid NSW (for the offender) Ms A Kerr (for Director of Public Prosecutions) File Number(s): 2021/00018485
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