R v Chie [2020] NSWDC 5

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Chie [2020] NSWDC 5 Hearing dates: 11 October 2019, 18 December 2019 Date of orders: 3 February 2020 Decision date: 03 February 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of three years with a non-parole period of 1 year 10 months (NSW offences). Sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 10 years 2 months. NPP period five years nine months fixed (Commonwealth offence). For orders see [108] Catchwords: SENTENCING – Commonwealth and State offences – attempt to possess imported border controlled drugs, cocaine – supply cocaine – possess prohibited firearm. SENTENCING – Relevant factors on sentence – resolution of dispute about relevant facts for sentence – value of late guilty pleas – parity – low risk of reoffending – sentencing for multiple discrete offences – totality principle applied – need for long parole period. Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) Criminal Procedure Act 1987 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Afu v R [2017] NSWCCA 246 Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58 Chen v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2011] NSWCCA 205 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Gow [2015] NSWCCA 208 Green v The Queen (2011) 244CLR 462 Henry v R [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Lau v R [2010] NSWCCA 43 MAK v R [2006] NSWCCA 381 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mooney v R [2016] NSWCCA 231 Power v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 623 R (Cth) v AE (District Court (NSW), 15 May 2019, unrep) R (Cth) v Chie [2019] NSWDC 346 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102 R v Clinch (1994) 72 A Crim R 301 R v Holland [2011] NSWCCA 65 R v Mackellar (No 3) [2014] NSWSC 106 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238; (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Simpson v R [2011] NSWCCA 534; (2011) 53 NSWLR 704 The Queen v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 The Queen v Pham [2015] HCA 39; (2015) 256 CLR 550 Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; (2001) 207 CLR 584 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 Texts Cited: W Wan, D Weatherburn, G Wardlaw, V Sarafidis and G Sara, "Supply-Side Reduction Policy and Drug-Related Harm" (2014) 486 Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: Australian Government Institute of Criminology 1 W Wan, S Poynton and D Weatherburn, "Parole Supervision and Re-offending" (2016) 49 Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 497 Category: Sentence Parties: Zachary Chie (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) Representation: Counsel: Ms L Rowan (for the offender) Ms J Paingakulam (for the Crown)