R v Le [2019] NSWSC 633

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Le [2019] NSWSC 633 Hearing dates: 31 May 2019 Decision date: 31 May 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: N Adams J Decision: Without proceeding to any conviction pursuant to s 10(1)(b) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) the offender is discharged on a conditional release order for a period of 12 months.

The offender must not commit any offence and must appear before the Court if called on to do so at any time during the term of his conditional release order. Catchwords: SENTENCING – remarks on sentence – joint criminal enterprise – offence of being armed with a weapon, namely, three knives with intent to commit an indictable offence, namely, assault – plea of not guilty – self-defence – retaliatory offence following violent assault – no prior convictions – Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s114(1)(a)(b) not commonly dealt with in Supreme Court Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s114(1)(a)(b) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 10 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 3 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 21 Cases Cited: Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Paris v R [2001] NSWCCA 83 R v Ingrassia (1997) 41 NSWLR 447 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374 R v KNL [2005] NSWCCA 260; (2005) 154 A Crim R 268 R v Mauger [2012] NSWCCA 51 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Walden v Hensler (1987) 163 CLR 561; [1987] HCA 54 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Duc Thuong Le (Offender) Representation: Counsel: A Morris (Crown) B Pierce (Offender)