R v Klein [2020] NSWDC 165

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Klein [2020] NSWDC 165 Hearing dates: 13, 17 & 20 February 2020 Date of orders: 20 February 2020 Decision date: 20 February 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: An aggregate term of imprisonment of 10 years with a non-parole period of 6 years: at [38]. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Manufacture prohibited drug — Commercial quantity — Supply prohibited drug — Commercial quantity CRIME — Firearms offences — Unauthorised use/possession of firearm — Use/Possess prohibited pistol/firearm — Firearms prohibition orders SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty — Planned or organised criminal activity SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Rehabilitation — Remorse — Unlikely to re-offend SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — Form 1 offences — General principles — Multiple offences — Purposes of sentencing SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Use of statistics SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Hardship — Protective custody — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Bell v R [2019] NSWCCA 271 El Kheir v R [2019] NSWCCA 288 Greentree v R [2018] NSWCCA 227 R v Astill (No 2) (1992) 64 A Crim R 289 R v Irwin [2019] NSWCCA 133 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown)