R v Alpertonga [2023] NSWDC 606

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Alpertonga [2023] NSWDC 606 Hearing dates: 4 October 2023 Date of orders: 4 October 2023 Decision date: 04 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 2 years and 3 months to be served by way of Intensive Correction Order Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Knowingly take part in supply — Proceeds of Crime SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Intellectual disability — Good character — No record of previous convictions — Strict bail — Plea of guilty — Remorse or regret— Acceptance of responsibility SENTENCING — Penalties — Intensive correction order — Community safety SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Intellectual disability — Demonstrated progress toward rehabilitation Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 R v Anderson (1981) VR 155 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; (1999) 106 A Crim R 149 R v R E [2023] NSWCCA 184 R v Shi [2004] NSWCCA 135 R v Zheng [2023] NSWCCA 64 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3 Wise v R [2006] NSWCCA 264 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Texts Cited: NSW Bar Association, "Drug Law Reform" (November 2014) 24 Criminal Law Committee Discussion Paper 1 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, "World Drug Report" (2009) 1 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 Category: Sentence Parties: Cavit Alpertonga (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: B Royce (for the offender)