R v Norton [2022] NSWDC 468

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Norton [2022] NSWDC 468 Hearing dates: 3 August 2022 Date of orders: 3 August 2022 Decision date: 03 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: An aggregate term of imprisonment of four years with a non-parole period of 26 months: at [56]. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Large commercial quantity CRIME — Money laundering — Dealing with money suspected of being proceeds of crime SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — No record of previous convictions — Rehabilitation — Remorse — Unlikely to re-offend SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Form 1 offences — General principles — Maximum penalty — Multiple offences — Accumulation, concurrency and totality — Aggregate sentences — Objective seriousness — Sentencing statistics SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Use of statistics SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Age of offender — Drug addiction — Health issues — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug (Misuse and Trafficking) Act 1985 Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Ebrahami v R [2019] NSWCCA 273 Hili & Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Tamer v The Queen [2020] NSWCCA 333 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Office of Director of Public Prosecutions)