NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Balla [2021] NSWDC 487 Hearing dates: 4 June & 5 July 2021 Date of orders: 5 July 2021 Decision date: 05 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: DCJ Hanley SC Decision: ICO for 2 years with Home Detention Assessment and CSO Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Sentence – Dangerous driving occasioning death - abandonment of responsibility - remorse shown - extra-curial punishment, public humiliation and vilification - effect on the offender - contumacious offending – impact of manner of deceased's driving – impact of Covid-19 on hardship in custody – comparative sentences - Intensive Correction Order Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 s 52A(2) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 3A, s 21A(2), 525D(2)(a), Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014, r 189 Road Transport Act 2013 s 205, 206A New South Wales Road Rules 2014, r 151.1, 313-2 and 146 Cases Cited: R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209 R v Whyte (2002) 55 NSWLR 252 Kerr v R [2016] NSWCCA 218 R v Janceski [2005] NSWCCA 288 R v Whelan [2004] NSWCCA 379 R v Errington (2005) 157 A Crim R 553 R v Khatter [2000] NSWCCA 32 Markham v R [2007] NSWCCA 295 Moodie v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 Duncan v R [2012] NSWCCA 78 R v Nguyen [2008] NSW CCA 133 Thompson [2007] NSWCCA 299 R v Williams [2014] NSWCCA 200 McKinnon v R [2020] NSWCCA 106 Moodie v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 De Groot [2016] NSWCCA 93 Cvetjovski [2019] NSWCCA 100 Gardiner [224] NSWCCA 365 Mina Nashed [2010] NSWCCA 282 Bessant [2003] NSWCCA 388 Preston [2011] NSWCCA 25 Barnett v R [2014] NSW CCA 296 Morabito [2007] NSWCCA 126 Clampitt-Wotton [2002] NSWCCA 383 Tinker [2019] NSWDC 427 Tomson [1999] NSWCA Pisciuneri [2007] NSWCCA 265 Whelan [2012] NSWCCA 147 Townsend [2010] NSWCCA 336 R v Y [2002] NSWCCA 19 Gagliano [2020] NSWDC 359 Raymond [2019] NSWDC 679 Boctor [2020] NSWDC R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions Mr Tommy Balla (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Ms M. Knowles Ms R. Khalilizadeh
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