R v Porter (a pseudonym) [2022] NSWDC 680

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Porter (a pseudonym) [2022] NSWDC 680 Hearing dates: 25 November 2022 Date of orders: 14 December 2022 Decision date: 14 December 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 6 years 6 months with a non-parole period of 3 years 3 months Catchwords: CRIME - multiple offences - supply large commercial quantity of prohibited drug methylamphetamine - Acquire ammunition subject to Firearms Prohibition Order - Do act with intent to pervert the course of justice - Deal with property reasonably suspected proceeds of crime - Do act with intent to pervert the course of justice - Police pursuit – confiscation of proceeds of crime SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence – multiple offences – assessing objective seriousness of each offence - Form 1 – accumulation and concurrence - accumulation on existing sentence - totality – parity and proportionality with a number of co-offenders - starting date - impact of COVID - good use of time in custody - childhood trauma - childhood deprivation Legislation Cited: Courts (Suppression and Nonpublication Orders) Act 2010 Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug (Misuse and Trafficking) Act 1995 Firearms Act 1996 Road Transport Act 2013 Cases Cited: Afu v R [2017] NSWCCA 246 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002, [2013] NSWCCA 115; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Basedown v R [2010] NSWCCA 76 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1 Campbell v R [2014] NSWCCA 102 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Beattie [2017] NSWCCA 301 DS v R; DM v R [2022] NSWCCA 156 Green v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Hamzy v R (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 Harrigan v R [2005] NSWCCA 449 Isaac v R [2012] NSWCCA 195 Jadron v R [2015] NSWCCA 217 Magaming v The Queen (2013) 252 CLR 381; [2013] HCA 40 MAK v R [2006] NSWCCA 381 Marinellis v R [2006] NSWCCA 307 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59; [1998] HCA 70 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 Paterson v R [2021] NSWCCA 273 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 R v Clinch (1994) 72 A Crim R 301 at 306 R v Dekker; R v Kominkovski [2021] NSWDC 339 R v Frankcom [2021] NSWDC 294 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56 R v Giang [2001] NSWCCA 276 R v Glynatsis [2013] NSWCCA 131 R v Gordon (1994) 71 A Crim R 459 at 466 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v Holder; R v Johnston [1983] 3 NSWLR 245 R v Kinzett [2021] NSWDC 339 R v MJB [2014] NSWCCA 195 R v Pangallo (1991) 56 A Crim R 441 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Spinks [2021] NSWDC 452 R v Spinks [2021] NSWSC 649 R v Taouk (1992) 65 A Crim R 387 R v XX ]2009] NSWCCA 115 Refaieh v R [2108] NSWCCA 72 Stanton v R [2021] NSWCCA 123 Taylor v R [2007] NSWCCA 99 Tepania v R [20018] NSWCCA 247 Van Ryn v R [2016] NSWCCA 1 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629 York v The Queen (2005) 225 CLR 466 [2005] HCA 60 at 542 Texts Cited: Parole Supervision and Re-offending: Wai-Yin Wan, Suzanne Poynton, Gerard van Doorn and Don Weatherburn (2016) Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology v149. No.4. p 497, 2011, BOCSAR Second Reading Speech for the Crimes (Public Justice) Amendment Bill (Legislative Assembly, Hansard, 17 May 1990 Category: Sentence Parties: John Porter (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr P Strickland SC (for the offender)