R v Hausfeld [2019] NSWDC 501

R v Hausfeld [2019] NSWDC 501

The offender's methylamphetamine supply offending required full-time imprisonment, but an aggregate sentence was appropriate to avoid a crushing outcome and to reflect totality. The court found conditional liberty aggravated the offending; planning and financial gain were established for sequence 10 but not sequence 5. The offender received a 25% discount for his guilty pleas. Dr Chew's opinion established a connection between ADHD, substance misuse and the offending, reducing moral culpability and the weight of general and specific deterrence and supporting special circumstances. The offender's prospects of rehabilitation were good and risk of reoffending low if properly supervised and...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
31 July 2019
Procedural Posture
Criminal Sentencing / Sentence Following Guilty Pleas
Outcome
Offender convicted and sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 3 years with a non-parole period of 18 months; parole supervision and treatment recommended; driving disqualification ordered; drug proceeds order and destruction of seized drugs ordered.
Legal Topics
['drug Supply Offences' 'ongoing Supply of Methylamphetamine' 'form 1 Offences' 'driving While Disqualified' 'diminished Moral Culpability' 'young Offender' 'rehabilitation' 'special Circumstances' 'drug Proceeds Order']
['criminal Law' 'sentencing'] ['drug Supply Offences' 'ongoing Supply of Methylamphetamine' 'form 1 Offences' 'driving While Disqualified' 'diminished Moral Culpability' 'young Offender' 'rehabilitation' 'special Circumstances' 'drug Proceeds Order']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal Sentencing / Sentence Following Guilty Pleas

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['What aggregate sentence should be imposed for ongoing supply of methylamphetamine, supply of methylamphetamine, and driving while disqualified, with Form 1 matters taken into account.' 'Whether statutory aggravating factors including conditional liberty, planning and financial gain were established.' 'Whether mitigating factors including guilty plea, remorse, reduced moral culpability, prospects of rehabilitation and low risk of reoffending were established.' "Whether the offender's ADHD and methylamphetamine addiction reduced moral culpability and the need for deterrence." 'Whether special circumstances justified a longer period on parole for rehabilitation.']

Ratio Decidendi

The offender's methylamphetamine supply offending required full-time imprisonment, but an aggregate sentence was appropriate to avoid a crushing outcome and to reflect totality. The court found conditional liberty aggravated the offending; planning and financial gain were established for sequence 10 but not sequence 5. The offender received a 25% discount for his guilty pleas. Dr Chew's opinion established a connection between ADHD, substance misuse and the offending, reducing moral culpability and the weight of general and specific deterrence and supporting special circumstances. The offender's prospects of rehabilitation were good and risk of reoffending low if properly supervised and...

Court Disposition

Offender convicted and sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 3 years with a non-parole period of 18 months; parole supervision and treatment recommended; driving disqualification ordered; drug proceeds order and destruction of seized drugs ordered.

Orders

  • ['Alex Hausfeld is convicted of sequence 5, supply a prohibited drug on an ongoing basis in breach of s25A(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act.' 'Alex Hausfeld is convicted of sequence 10, supply a prohibited drug in breach of s25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act.' 'Sequences 6 and 13 attach on the...