R v Prospero [2022] NSWDC 26

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Prospero [2022] NSWDC 26 Hearing dates: 18 February 2022 Date of orders: 21 February 2022 Decision date: 21 February 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 114 – 118 Catchwords: SENTENCING - federal offence of attempting to possess commercial quantity of border controlled drug - plea of guilty - consideration of involvement of offender in enterprise - consideration of hardship to disabled son arising from sentence of imprisonment – limits to utility of the opinons of mental health professionals in sentencing proceedings Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) ss 16A, 19F Crimes Sentencing Procedure Act 1999 (NSW) s 66 Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) s 307.5 Cases Cited: Adams v The Queen (2008) 234 CLR 143 El Jamal v R [2021] NSWCCA 105 El-Ghourani v R (2009) 195 A Crim R 208 Elshani v R [2015) 255 A Crim R 488 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 89 ALJR 776; [2015] HCA 29 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Leach v The Queen (2007) 230 CLR 1 Paxton v R (2011) 219 A Crim R 104 R v Boimah [2017] QCA 50 R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 R v Guiu (2002) 129 A Crim R 387 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v MacLeod [2013] NSWCCA 108 R v Pham (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 R v Thomas [2019] NSWDC 364 R v To (2007) 172 A Crim R 121 Sowaid v R [2011] NSWCCA Stipkovitch v R [2018] WASCA 63 Stumbles v R [2006] NSWCCA 418 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 The Queen v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550 Van Eeden v R [2012] NSWCCA 18 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1 Texts Cited: S Odgers, Sentence, 5th ed, 2020, Longueville Media Category: Sentence Parties: Ms L D Prospero (Offender) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr S Stanton for the Offender