R v Hunt [2014] NSWSC 1919

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Hunt [2014] NSWSC 1919 Hearing dates: 22 August 2014 Decision date: 24 September 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Button J Decision: Sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years 8 months to date from 20 July 2013 and expire on 19 March 2016, comprising a non-parole period of 1 year 4 months, followed by a balance of term of sentence of 1 year 4 months. The offender is to be released on parole upon the expiration of the non-parole period on 19 November 2014. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – remarks on sentence – plea of guilty – accessory after the fact to murder – objective seriousness of the criminality low – powerful subjective circumstances – assessment of past and future assistance Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 21A, 23 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; 249 CLR 571 LB v R [2013] NSWCCA 70 Munda v Western Australia [2013] HCA 38; 249 CLR 600 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Jade Hunt Representation: Counsel: J Pickering SC (Crown) E Ozen (Offender)

Solicitors: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Blair Criminal Lawyers (Offender) File Number(s): 2013/221123

Judgment 1. On the evening of Friday, 19 July 2013, a party was held at a home in the township of Gilgandra. The hosts were Jade Hunt, to whom it is convenient to refer as the offender, and her partner, a young man to whom it is convenient to refer as the principal. I am satisfied that, by midnight, many of the guests, along with the offender, were very intoxicated by alcohol. One of the people present was John Frail, to whom I shall refer as the deceased.