R v Strickland [2020] NSWDC 164

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Strickland [2020] NSWDC 164 Hearing dates: 20 March 2020, 2 April 2020, 30 April 2020 Decision date: 30 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 5 years. Non parole period of 3 years. Catchwords: SENTENCE- Large commercial supply methylamphetamine.

SENTENCE - Relevant factors on sentence – rolled up drug quantity - Form 1 - role of offender – prior sentence for drug supply - on parole – parity - duress – remorse - COVID-19 - special circumstances - requirement for deterrent sentence - guilty plea not adhered to - guilty plea later adhered to - calculation of start date. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug (Misuse and Trafficking) Act 1985 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application No. 1: (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Callaghan v R [2006] NSWCCA 58 CD v R [2013] VSCA 95 Hamzy v R (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Jadron v R [2015] NSWCCA 217 R v Owens [2019] NSWDC 705 R v Pobjoy, unreported 5 April 2019 R v Ceissman [2004] NSWCCA 466 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v JDX; JDX v R [2017] NSWCCA 9 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 Rankin [2019] NSWDC 706 Tiknius v R (2011) 221 A Crim R 365 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Texts Cited: Parole Supervision and Re-offending: Wai-Yin Wan, Suzanne Poynton, Gerard van Doorn and Don Weatherburn (2016) Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology v149. No.4. p 497. http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Documents/ parolesupervisionandreoffending.pdf Category: Sentence Parties: James Strickland (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Ms K Stares (for the offender)