NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sikais [2024] NSWDC 80 Hearing dates: 15 March 2024 Date of orders: 21 March 2024 Decision date: 21 March 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Newlinds SC DCJ Decision: An effective overall head sentence of 8 years and six months with an effective overall non-parole period of 4 years and 9 months to date from 28 July 2023 . See paragraph [76] & [77] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Sentence – State and Federal offences – Supply prohibited drug not less than large commercial quantity – Import a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug – Maximum penalty for each life imprisonment – Criminal history – Long term drug addict – Prospect of rehabilitation – Subjective case. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Drugs Misuse and Trafficking Act Cases Cited: Abbas v R [2014] NSWCCA 188 Bott v R [2023] NSWCCA 255 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Maxwell (2013) A Crim R 218 Farkas v The Queen (2014) 243 A Crim R Hili v R; Jones v R (2010) 242 CLR Petkos v R [2020] NSWCCA 55 R v Chapman (2001) NSW CCA 457 R v Harris [2015] NSWCCA 81 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238 Wong v The Queen (2001)207 CLR 584 Xiao v The Queen [2018] NSWCCA Category: Sentence Parties: The Crown David Karlis Sikais Representation: Counsel: K Fitzgerald – Crown P.D. Lange - Offender
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