R v Garland; R v Mallinson; R v Morris; R v Williams [2017] NSWDC 258

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Garland; R v Mallinson; R v Morris; R v Williams [2017] NSWDC 258 Hearing dates: 12 May 2017; 25 August 2017 Date of orders: 08 September 2017 Decision date: 08 September 2017 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bright DCJ Decision: Garland: Sentenced to a non-parole period of 4 years 6 months with a balance of term of 3 years. One Form 1 matter taken into account.

Mallinson: Sentenced to a non-parole period of 2 years 3 months with a balance of term of 1 year 6 months. Three matters taken into account on a Form 1.

Williams: Sentenced to a non-parole period of 1 year 6 months with a balance of term of 1 year 1 month. One matter taken into account on a Form 1.

Morris: Sentenced to 150 hours Community Service Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Firearms Act 1996 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application No. 1 of 2002 (2002) NSWCCA 518 Melikian v R [2008] NSWCCA 156 R v West [2014] NSWCCA 250 Regina v MacDonnell (2002) 128 A Crim R 44 Veen (No.2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Ronald Edward Garland (Offender) Guy Shane Mallinson (Offender) Karen Joyce Morris (Offender) Nathan John Williams (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr G Coles - Trial Advocate (Crown) Mr P Krisenthal - Public Defender (Garland) Ms Lewer (Mallinson) Mr B Bickford (Williams) Ms I Reed (Morris) File Number(s): 2016/00149915 (Garland); 2016/00151962 (Mallinson); 2016/00151791 (Morris); 2016/00074097 (Williams) Publication restriction: None