R v Boyle [2022] NSWDC 4

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Boyle [2022] NSWDC 4 Hearing dates: 15 December 2021 Date of orders: 3 February 2022 Decision date: 03 February 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 6 years 6 months with a non-parole period of 4 years 6 months. Catchwords: CRIME - Break enter and steal - robbery with offensive weapon - steal motor vehicle - use an offensive weapon to intimidate SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentencing- on parole - lengthy criminal history – drug use - depression - institutionalised – escalation of the seriousness of offending - history of childhood disadvantage - early guilty plea - use of letter from offender unsupported by sworn evidence – impact of deterrent sentences - is specific deterrence required? Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1 (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Di Simoni v The Queen (1981) 147 CLR 383; [1981] HCA 31 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Jackson v R [2010] NSWCCA 162 Jinette v R [2012] NSWCCA 217 Lai v R [2021] NSWCCA 217 Markarian (2005) 228 CLR 357 Moodie v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Nasrullah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 Ponfield v R [1999] NSWCCA 435; (1999) 48 NSWLR 327 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Boyle NSWDC 18/9/2018, unreported R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346, 106 A Crim R 149 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v MJB [2014] NSWCCA 195 R v Nemer [2003] SASC 375 R v Wong (1999) 48 NSWLR 340; [1999] NSWCCA 420 Tepania v R [20018] NSWCCA 247 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Weribone v R [2018] NSWCCA 172 Texts Cited: Does Imprisonment Deter? A Review of the Evidence, Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council, April 2011 Does the first prison sentence reduce the risk of further offending? J Trevena and D Weatherburn; Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Number 187 October 2015; Crime and Justice Bulletin NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research; Wan et al The effect of arrest and imprisonment on crime, Crime and Justice Bulletin BOSCAR No 158, February 2012; D Weatherburn The effect of prison on adult reoffending, Crime and Justice Bulletin BOCSAR, No 143, August 2010; Bagaric and Edrey The role of Deterrence in the Formulation of Criminal Law Rules: At Its Worst When Doing Its Best, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Penn Law: Legal Scholarship Repository, Georgetown Law Journal, Vol 91: 949 at 976 ff The Sentencing Advisory Commission and the Hope of Smarter Sentencing, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Vol 16 No. 2 (2004) 125, 132; Robinson Category: Sentence Parties: Matthew Boyle (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Ms S Fraser, Public Defender (for the offender) Ms N Keay, Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor