R v Kominkovski [2023] NSWDC 511

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Kominkovski [2023] NSWDC 511 Hearing dates: 22 September 2023 Date of orders: 22 September 2023 Decision date: 22 September 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Imprisonment sentence of 4 years 10 months with a non-parole period of 2 years 5 months Catchwords: CRIME — Property offences — Break and enter with intent to commit serious indictable offence — Circumstances of aggravation CRIME — Violent offences — Aggravated robbery — In company — With corporal violence — Dangerous weapon SENTENCING — Guidelines for sentencing — Role of guidelines SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — ­Diligent completion of residential rehabilitation program SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment — Aggregate sentence SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Appropriate level of discount for strict quasi custody — Co-offenders — Objective seriousness — Parity — Quasi custody taken into account — 50% reduction given — Courts should avoid too much mathematization — Totality SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Offender's background — Role of offender — Remorse — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Afu v R [2017] NSWCCA 246 Bell v R [2019] NSWCCA 271 Director of Public Prosecutions (Vic) v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2017] HCA 41 Eastway v R unreported NSWCCA 19 May 1992 Green v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Kelly v R [2018] NSWCCA 44 Kljac v R [2023] NSWCCA 225 Lau v R [2010] NSWCCA 43 Love v R unreported NSWDC 11 November 2022 Magaming v The Queen (2013) 252 CLR 381; [2013] HCA 40 Olbrich v The Queen (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Alcock [2023] NSWDC 326 R v Brennan (a pseudonym) [2023] NSWDC 328 R v Campbell [1999] NSWCCA 76 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR R v Chamberlain unreported NSWDC 25 May 2022 R v Delaney [2003] NSWCCA 342 R v Gee [2023] NSWDC 327 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; (1999) 106 A Crim R 149 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v Munn [2022] NSWDC 264 R v Underwood (a pseudonym) [2023] NSWDC 309 Renshaw v R [2012] NSWCCA 21 Category: Sentence Parties: David Robert Kominkovski (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) Representation: Counsel: S Howell (for the offender) N Keay (Director of Public Prosecutions) (the Crown)