R v Cantarakis [2024] NSWDC 650

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cantarakis [2024] NSWDC 650 Hearing dates: 29 October 2024 Date of orders: 29 October 2024 Decision date: 29 October 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: A sentence of imprisonment of 1 year and 4 months to be served subject to an Intensive Correction Order Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Cocaine SENTENCING — Guidelines for sentencing — Role of guidelines SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Good character — Late plea of guilty — No notable record of previous convictions SENTENCING — Penalties — Intensive Correction Order SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — Objective seriousness — Consideration of an Intensive Correction Order SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Youth Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Blackman & Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121 Blakeney v R [2022] NSWCCA 277 Clarke-Jeffries v R [2019] NSWCCA 56 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 R v Blair (2005) 152 A Crim R 462 R v Geddes (1936) 36 SR (NSW) 554 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v Shi [2004] NSWCCA 135 R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222 Ryan v The Queen [2001] HCA 21; (2001) 206 CLR 267 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3 Yardley v Betts (1979) 22 SASR 108 Category: Sentence Parties: Dimitri Cantarakis (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: D Pace (for the accused)