R v Robert PAVAN [2009] NSWDC 82

R v Robert PAVAN [2009] NSWDC 82

The offender was sentenced based on his central role in three large cocaine supply transactions; a 20% discount was applied for the utilitarian value of his guilty plea, but a lengthy sentence was justified by the objective seriousness of repeated facilitation, his involvement in multiple deals, and comparison with sentences for other involved offenders.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
24 April 2009
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentencing
Outcome
offender sentenced to imprisonment
Legal Topics
['sentence' 'supply Large Commercial Quantity of Drugs']
['criminal Law'] ['sentence' 'supply Large Commercial Quantity of Drugs']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal / Sentencing

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Appropriate sentence for supplying a large commercial quantity of cocaine' 'Application of discount for utilitarian value of guilty plea' "Parity with other offenders' sentences" 'Assessment of objective seriousness and subjective circumstances']

Ratio Decidendi

The offender was sentenced based on his central role in three large cocaine supply transactions; a 20% discount was applied for the utilitarian value of his guilty plea, but a lengthy sentence was justified by the objective seriousness of repeated facilitation, his involvement in multiple deals, and comparison with sentences for other involved offenders.

Court Disposition

offender sentenced to imprisonment

Orders

  • ['Imprisonment for a total term of twelve years from 9 May 2005' 'Non-parole period of seven and a half years, expiring on 8 November 2012']