R v Baxter [2022] NSWDC 708

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Baxter [2022] NSWDC 708 Hearing dates: 11 July 2022, 14 July 2022 Date of orders: 14 July 2022 Decision date: 14 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: An aggregate term of imprisonment of 4 years and 9 months with a non-parole period of 2 years: at [106]. 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 — Record of previous convictions SENTENCING — Non-parole period — Ratio of the non-parole period and balance of term SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Deterrence — Parity — Form 1 offence — Multiple offences — Accumulation, concurrency and totality — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Findings of fact SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Hardship — 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 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Doyle v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 81 DS v R; DM v R [2022] NSWCCA 156 Ebrahimi v The Queen [2019] NSWCCA 273 Nguyen v The Queen (2011) 208 A Crim R 432 R v Kalache (2000) 111 A Crim R 252 Toller v The Queen [2021] NSWCCA 204 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions)