R v Ranjbarian [2021] NSWDC 660

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ranjbarian [2021] NSWDC 660 Hearing dates: 8/3/21, 9/3/21, 17/6/21, 1/7/21, 20/8/21, 3/9/21, 15/9/21 Date of orders: 15/9/21 Decision date: 15 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bourke SC DCJ Decision: Re Count 2 State offence – I impose a fixed term of imprisonment of 2 years (1/10/19-30/9/21). The two matters on the Form 1 are taken into account. I have applied a discount of 5 percent for the plea of guilty. Re Count 1 Commonwealth offence – I impose a total term of imprisonment of 8 years(1/7/20-30/6/28) with a NPP of 4 years 6 months (1/7/20-31/12/24). The matter on the s16BA certificate is taken into account. I have applied a discount of 10 percent for the plea of guilty and other matters. Therefore the total effective sentence is 8 years 9 months with NPP 5 years 3 months. Catchwords: Crime – Sentence - Import commercial quantity of methamphetamine - Knowingly take part in supply of methamphetamine – Commonwealth and State offences – Late plea Legislation Cited: Commonwealth Criminal Code 1995 Crimes Act 1914 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Doudar v R [2021] NSWCCA 37 Gore v R [2010] NSWCCA 330 Mbele v R [2021] NSWCCA 182 Moody v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Category: Sentence Parties: Commonwealth DPP – Crown Hamid Ranjbarian - Offender Representation: Mr G Craddock for Crown Mr G Stanton for Offender File Number(s): 2019/57591