NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Steven Turner [2019] NSWDC 8 Hearing dates: 24 January 2019 Date of orders: 01 February 2019 Decision date: 01 February 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Hatzistergos DCJ Decision: (1) The Offender is convicted. (2) In light of the plea of guilty (25%), the Offender is sentenced to a period of imprisonment for 2 years and 7 months, to date from 31 January 2019 and to expire on 30 August 2021. (3) I set a non-parole period of 1 year and 6 months, commencing on 31 January 2019 and expiring on 30 July 2020. The Offender is thereafter eligible to be released on parole to serve an additional term of 1 year and 1 month from 31 July 2020 until 30 August 2021. Catchwords: SENTENCING – Recklessly causing grievous bodily harm in company – one punch – plea of guilty - strong subjective circumstances – good prospects of rehabilitation – good character – remorse – unlikely to re-offend Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 35(1), 93C(1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 21A, 33, 54, 54A Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) (No 1) of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Betts v R [2015] NSWCCA 39 Davis v R [2018] NSWCCA 67 Kemp v R [2012] NSWCCA 281 Texts Cited: N/A Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Steven Turner (Offender) Representation: Counsel: N/A
Solicitors: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Mr O'Connor File Number(s): 2017/351470 Publication restriction: N/A
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