State of New South Wales v Galvin (Final) [2025] NSWSC 95

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Galvin (Final) [2025] NSWSC 95 Hearing dates: 12 February 2025 Date of orders: 25 February 2025 Decision date: 25 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Coleman J Decision: (1) Pursuant to ss 5B and 9(1)(a) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) ("the Act"), the defendant be subject to an extended supervision order ("the extended supervision order") for a period of three years from the date of the order. (2) Pursuant to s 11 of the Act, the defendant, for the period of the extended supervision order, must comply with the conditions set out in the schedule to this judgment. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDERS — Final hearing — Application for extended supervision order — Whether the defendant poses an unacceptable risk of committing a serious violence offence — Whether residual discretion should be exercised — Where there is indication the defendant will ignore conditions — Supervision order made Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 Crimes Act 1900 Cases Cited: Cornwall v A-G for New South Wales [2007] NSWCA 374 Lynn v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWCA 57; (2016) 91 NSWLR 636 New South Wales v Simcock [2016] NSWSC 1805 State of New South Wales v Cole [Final] [2024] State of New South Wales v Devaney (Final) [2022] NSWSC 60 State of New South Wales v Keech [2024] State of New South Wales v Pacey (Final) [2015] NSWSC 1983 State of New South Wales v Rush (Final) [2022] NSWSC 984 State of New South Wales v Holschier (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 341 State of New South Wales v Loto [2018] NSWSC 1522 State of NSW v Davis (preliminary) [2020] NSWSC State of NSW v Kamm (final) [2016] NSWSC 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Stephen Galvin (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Rodger (Plaintiff) J Wilcox (Defendant)