R v Achilles MEZZADRI [2011] NSWCCA 125

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Achilles MEZZADRI [2011] NSWCCA 125 Hearing dates: 2 March 2011 Decision date: 06 July 2011 Before: Hodgson JA at [1] Adams J at [6] Hall J at [39] Decision: Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: Sentence appeal - firearm offences - relevance of reasons for possession of firearms - significance of inoperability - whether more extensive reasons are required for departing from standard non-parole period than for other discretionary decisions Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Firearms Act 1996 Firearms and Dangerous Weapons Act 1973 Cases Cited: Basedow [2010] NSWCCA 76 Cromarty [2004] NSWCCA 54; 144 A Crim R 515 El-Chammas v R [2009] NSWCCA 154 R v Miria [2009] NSWCCA 68 R v Tory and Tory (2006) NSWCCA 18 R v Wong & Leung (1999) 48 NSWLR 340 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 Thurgar (unreported, NSWCCA 17 December 1990) Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1987-8) 164 CLR 465 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Applicant) Achilles Mezzadri (Respondent) Representation: Counsel J. Pickering (Applicant) T. Gartelmann (Respondent) Solicitors Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Applicant) Bruce J Peters Criminal Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/286828 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2010-10-28 00:00:00 Before: Williams DCJ File Number(s): 2009/286828