R v Swift [2023] NSWDC 486

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Swift [2023] NSWDC 486 Hearing dates: 25 August 2023 Date of orders: 25 August 2023 Decision date: 25 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence imprisonment for 3 years and 6 months with a non-parole period of 2 years 3 months Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Not less than commercial quantity — Participate in criminal group SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Form 1 offences — Plea of guilty — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Childhood trauma — Mental health — Pro-social support — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Dungay v R [2020] NSWCCA 209 Hamzy v R (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 Jadron v R [2015] NSWCCA 217 Lloyd v R [2022] NSWCCA 18 Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 R v Blair (2005) 152 A Crim R 462 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 R v MJB [2014] NSWCCA 195 R v Shi [2004] NSWCCA 135 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Tuki (No. 4) [2013] NSWSC 1864 Stanton v R [2021] NSWCCA 123 Texts Cited: W Wan, D Weatherburn, G Wardlaw, V Sarafidis and G Sara, "Supply-Side Reduction Policy and Drug-Related Harm" (2014) 486 Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: Australian Government Institute of Criminology 1 W Wan, S Poynton and D Weatherburn, "Does Parole Supervision Reduce the Risk of Re-offending?" (2016) 49 Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 497 Category: Sentence Parties: Morgan Swift (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) Representation: Counsel: S Fraser (for the offender)