NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Amoroso [2021] NSWDC 393 Hearing dates: 12 August 2021 Date of orders: 12 August 2021 Decision date: 12 August 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 3 years 3 months with a non- parole period of 2 years. Catchwords: CRIME - Ongoing supply of a prohibited drugs methylamphetamine and gammabutyrolacton– Supply commercial quantity of a prohibited drug gammabutyrolacton CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – committal for sentence - fresh indictment to correct errors in committal for sentence process SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence - drug user - COVID related drug price increase - regular drug user - sale of drugs - number of supplies - small quantity supplied on each occasion - limited profit - early guilty pleas Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application No. 1: (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Cahyadi v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 1 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 DPP (Cth) v Maxwell [2013] VSCA 50. Henry v R (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Markarian (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Petkos v R [2020] NSWCCA 55 R v CBK [2002] NSWCCA 457 R v Durant [2002] NSWCCA 295 R v Nai Poon [2003] NSWCCA 42 R v O'Connor [2014] NSWCCA 53: (2014) 239 A Crim R 487 Silvano v R [2008] NSWCCA 118 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629 Texts Cited: NSW Bar Association Discussion Paper - Drug Law Reform 24 11.2014 UN Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2009 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 Category: Sentence Parties: Jason Amoroso (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Ms L Jardim (for the offender)
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