R v BURNS [2019] NSWDC 162

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v BURNS [2019] NSWDC 162 Hearing dates: 5 April 2019 Date of orders: 05 April 2019 Decision date: 05 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence - seven years imprisonment. Non-parole period of four years and two months. To commence on 14 March 2018 and expire on 13 May 2022. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence – police pursuit – multiple break enter offences – accessory to armed robbery – Form 1 matters – a life of few advantages – multiple victims – no concern for victims – no concern about likelihood of arrest – community cost of offending – backdating sentence – offences committed while on parole – application of totality principle – accumulation and concurrence – background of deprivation – special circumstances – aggregate sentence. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act (NSW) 1900 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Callaghan v R [2006] NSWCCA 58 R v Clinch (1994) 72 A Crim R 301 R v Elliott and Blessington [2006] NSWCCA 305 Green v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462 JM v R [2012] NSWCCA 83 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; 244 CLR 120 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mill v The Queen (1998) 166 CLR 59 MAK v R [2006] NSWCCA 381 Ponfield [1999] 48 NSWLR 327 Simpson [2011] NSWCCA 534; (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 Slade v The Queen [2005] NZ CA 19 Category: Sentence Parties: Jake Terence Burns (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Ms C Doosey (for the offender)