NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Zuniga Frias [2019] NSWDC 365 Hearing dates: 24 May 2019; 13 June 2019; 19 July 2019 Date of orders: 19 July 2019 Decision date: 19 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Weinstein SC DCJ Decision: I convict you of the following offence: between about 26 February 2018 and 1 March 2018, you imported a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug, namely methamphetamine contrary to section 307.1(1) of the Commonwealth Criminal Code.
After applying a 40% discount for your plea of guilty and assistance to authorities, I impose a head sentence of 7 years, 2 months and 12 days.
I have backdated the sentence to the day you were taken into custody, being 1 March 2018.
You will be eligible for release on parole on 31 December 2022.
The head sentence expires on 12 May 2025 and the non-parole period expires on 31 December 2022. Catchwords: SENTENCING - imported a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug, namely methamphetamine – full-time custody Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)), ss16A, 17A Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), ss11.2(1), 307.1(1) Cases Cited: Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Olbrich v The Queen (1999) CLR 270 Klomfar v The Queen [2019] NSWCCA 61 Tyler v R [2007] 173 A Crim R 458 Saab v The Queen [2012] VSCA 165 R v Pang (1999) 105 A Crim R 474 Wong v R (2001) 207 CLR 584 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina v Zuniga Frias Representation: Counsel: Mr Ramage QC (Zuniga Frias) Mr Snelling (Zuniga Frias)
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