Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Johnson [2015] NSWLC 31

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Johnson [2015] NSWLC 31 Hearing dates: 10 December 2015 Decision date: 18 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Stewart LCM Decision: The offender is sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment for 4 years with a non-parole period of 2 years 6 months Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – domestic violence offences – contravention of ADVO with violence - aggregate sentence – Local Court jurisdictional limit - general deterrence – specific deterrence – denunciation – protection of community – principle of totality – special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900, ss 33, 35, 37, 59, 61, 86, 195 Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007, ss 9, 11,14, 75 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 3A, 5, 21A, 22, 44, 47, 48, 49, 53A, 58 Inclosed Lands Protection Act 1901, s 4 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37 Hiron v R [2007] NSWCCA 336 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297 Khanwaiz v R [2012] NSWCCA 168 McIntosh v R [2015] NSWCCA 184 Mill v The Queen(1988) 166 CLR 59 Nowak v R [2008] NSWCCA 89 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v AD [2008] NSWCCA 289 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102 R v Dib [2003] NSWCCA 117 R v Doan (2000) 50 NSWLR 115 R v Edigarov [2001] NSWCCA 436 R v Fernando (1992) 76 A Crim R 58 R v Hamid [2006] NSWCCA 302 R v Harris [2007] NSWCCA 130 R v Henry & Ors [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v Jones (unreported, NSWCCA, 30/6/1994) R v Merrin [2007] NSWCCA 255 R v Shepherd [2003] NSWCCA 351 R v Stone (1995) 85 A Crim R 436 R v Thompson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Wallace [2007] NSWCCA 63 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 Sivell v R [2009] NSWCCA 286 Veen v The Queen (No. 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) Kye Johnson (offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr M Powell (for the offender)