R v Burns [2019] NSWDC 832

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Burns [2019] NSWDC 832 Hearing dates: 1 November 2019, 29 November 2019 Date of orders: 29 November 2019 Decision date: 29 November 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Weinstein SC DCJ Decision: Sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 3 years and 3 months, to date from 1 March 2019 and to expire 31 May 2022.

I set a non parole period of 2 years, to expire 28 February 2021, on which date the offender will be eligible for release to parole. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Commercial quantity — Form 1 offences SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Rehabilitation — Unlikely to re-offend — Remorse SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Objective seriousness — Deterrence — General and specific deterrence — Multiple offences — Accumulation, concurrency and totality — General principles SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Special circumstances — Drug addiction Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing & Procedure Act) 1999 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abbas & Ors v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Attorney General's Application (No 1) (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Callaghan v R [0206] NSWCCA 58 DPP v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25 R v Jarrold [2010] NSWCCA 69 R v Mueller [2015] NSWCCA 292 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Watts v R [2007] NSWCCA 153 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) James Alexander Burns (Offender) Representation: Counsel: B Barrack for offender