R v Mulholland [2023] NSWLC 10

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Mulholland [2023] NSWLC 10 Hearing dates: 26 September 2023 Date of orders: 26 October 2023 Decision date: 26 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Donnelly LCM Decision: Aggregate sentence imposed see [78]-[79] Catchwords: SENTENCING – domestic violence offences – use of Form 1 to take into account other offences – principal offence intentionally choke a person without consent – 8 offences placed on a Form 1 including common assault, 3 offences of intimidation and 4 offences of contravene an apprehended violence order – magnitude of Form 1 matters – whether it is appropriate to take further offences into account – application of guideline judgment and Abbas v R (2013) 231 A Crim R 413; [2013] NSWCCA 115 SENTENCING – s 37 Crimes Act – intentionally choke without consent – assessment of objective seriousness – offence committed of long duration, with a high degree of violence and consequential physical harm to the victim – no requirement to make a finding whether offence fell in the low, mid or high range SENTENCING – jurisdictional limits – requirement of court to determine the sentence by reference to the maximum penalty prescribed and not to have regard to the jurisdictional limit of the Local Court – determined sentence exceeds jurisdictional limit – requirement to apply Park v The Queen (2021) 273 CLR 303 – sentence reduced to jurisdictional limit SENTENCING – aggregate sentence – requirement of court to apply the principle of totality with reference to the totality of offending without reference to concurrency and cumulation Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Regulation 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abbas v R (2013) 231 A Crim R 413; [2013] NSWCCA 115 Aryal v R [2021] NSWCCA 2 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518 Bell v R [2019] NSWCCA 251 Burgess v R [2019] NSWCCA 13 Cherry v R [2017] NSWCCA 150 CP v R [2009] NSWCCA 291; (2009) 213 A Crim R 26 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 DS v R; DM v R [2022] NSWCCA 156 Elias v The Queen (2013) 248 CLR 483; [2013] HCA 31 FL v R [2020] NSWCCA 114 GS v R; Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v GS (2022) 107 NSWLR 618; [2022] NSWCCA 65 Hiron v R [2007] NSWCCA 336 Imbornone v R [2017] NSWCCA 144 Kaderavek v R [2018] NSWCCA 92 Magaming v The Queen (2013) 252 CLR 381; [2013] HCA 40 Munda v State of Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600; [2013] HCA 38 Munro v R [2006] NSWCCA 350 Park v The Queen (2021) 273 CLR 303; [2021] HCA 37 PK v R [2012] NSWCCA 263 Quinn v R [2018] NSWCCA 297 Quinn v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2021) 106 NSWLR 154; [2021] NSWCA 294 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; (2009) 195 A Crim R 1 R v Dunn (2004) 144 A Crim R 180 R v Eaton [2023] NSWCCA 125 R v Eckermann [2013] NSWCCA 188 R v Edigarov (2001) 125 A Crim R 551 R v Hamid (2006) 164 A Crim R 179; [2006] NSWCCA 302 R v Lloyd [2022] NSWSC 906 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 Stanley v DPP (NSW) [2023] HCA 3; (2023) 296 ALJR 107 Suksa-Ngacharoen v R [2018] NSWCCA 142 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 The Queen v Kilic (2016) 91 ALJR 131; [2016] HCA 48 Texts Cited: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 17 October 2018 Category: Sentence Parties: Police (Prosecution) Blake Mulholland (Defendant) Representation: Solicitors: