R v Carr, Dean William [2022] NSWDC 231

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Carr, Dean William [2022] NSWDC 231 Hearing dates: 21 and 22 March 2022 Date of orders: 7 April 2022 Decision date: 07 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: (1) Dean William Carr is convicted on supply of a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug under s 25(2) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985. (2) The offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years and three months to date from 26 August 2020 and expiring on 25 November 2022. (3) I set a non-parole period of 18 months making the offender eligible for parole on 25 February 2022. The offender is thereby presently eligible for parole. (4) I find special circumstances. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Commercial quantity SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Parity SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Aboriginal offenders – Drug addiction – Mental illness SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty – "new count offence" Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, s 3A, s 5, s 21A, s 25D, s 25E, s 54A Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, s 3 Interpretation Act 1987, s 8 Cases Cited: Anderson v Judges of the District Court (NSW) (1992) 27 NSWLR 701 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 DPP v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Mandranis v R [2021] NSWCCA 97 Paxton v R [2011] NSWCCA 242 R v Black (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 77 R v Blair (2005) 152 A Crim R 462 R v Doudar [2020] NSWSC 1262 R v DW [2012] NSWCCA 66 R v Edelbi [2021] NSWCCA 122 R v French [2021] NSWSC 1531 R v MacDonnell [2002] NSWCCA 34; (2002) 128 A Crim R 44 R v MacDonnell (2002) 128 A Crim R 44 R v Pham, Tran & Dang; Ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) [2017] QCA 046 R v Rifai [2022] NSWDC 74 R v Sara [2020] NSWCCA 119 Regina v Shi [2004] NSWCCA 135 Taysavang v R [2017] NSWCCA 146 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 Tyler v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 247, (2007) 173 A Crim R 458 Wong v R (2001) 207 CLR 584 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Dean William Carr (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Djemal (Offender)