R v Paul Edward Dumas [2016] NSWDC 165

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Paul Edward Dumas [2016] NSWDC 165 Hearing dates: 10 August 2016 Decision date: 12 August 2016 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: Full-time custodial sentence. For orders see [47] Catchwords: Supply prohibited drug; indictable quantity of heroin Legislation Cited: Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1986 Cases Cited: Fitzpatrick v R [2010] NSWCCA 26 Pearce v R (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Wong [1999] NSWCCA 420 Veen v R No. 2 (1998) 164 CLR 465 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Paul Edward Dumas (Offender) Representation: Counsel:

B Queenan (Crown) R Jankowski (Offender)

File Number(s): 15/208928 Publication restriction: Nil

REMARKS ON SENTENCE 1. The offender was committed for sentence on 3 November 2015 from Taree Local Court. He entered a plea of guilty at the earliest opportunity to one count of supply prohibited drug of greater than indictable quantity, namely, heroin, pursuant to s 25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1986 ("DMTA"). 2. The offence carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment and/or 2,000 penalty units. The offender has also asked that three drug possession charges be dealt with on a Form 1. 3. The offender has spent one month and 27 days in custody since his arrest on 16 July 2015.