R v Muniak [2019] NSWDC 894

R v Muniak [2019] NSWDC 894

Having regard to the objective seriousness of the drug supply and related offending, the Form 1 matters, the discounts for guilty pleas, the serious aggravation of further offending while on conditional release, guarded rehabilitation prospects, the need for specific and general deterrence, accumulation, concurrency and totality, an aggregate sentence of 6 years imprisonment with a 4 year non-parole period was warranted, with special circumstances found to permit a longer period of parole supervision to address prohibited drug use.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
29 July 2019
Procedural Posture
Criminal Sentence / Sentence Following Guilty Pleas
Outcome
The offender was sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 6 years with a non-parole period of 4 years and a balance of term of 2 years; special circumstances were found.
Legal Topics
['supply Prohibited Drug' 'commercial Quantity of Prohibited Drug' 'possession of Prohibited Drugs' 'knowingly Dealing With Proceeds of Crime' 'form 1 Matters' 'aggregate Sentence' 'discount for Guilty Plea' 'offending While on Conditional Release' 'special Circumstances']
['criminal Law' 'sentencing' 'drug Offences'] ['supply Prohibited Drug' 'commercial Quantity of Prohibited Drug' 'possession of Prohibited Drugs' 'knowingly Dealing With Proceeds of Crime' 'form 1 Matters' 'aggregate Sentence' 'discount for Guilty Plea' 'offending While on Conditional Release' 'special Circumstances']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal Sentence / Sentence Following Guilty Pleas

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['What sentences should be imposed for two separate rafts of prohibited drug supply offending and related offences.' "What discounts should be allowed for the utility of the offender's guilty pleas." 'How Form 1 offences should be taken into account on sentence.' 'Whether the offending was aggravated by offences committed while on conditional release.' 'Whether special circumstances justified a longer period of parole supervision.']

Ratio Decidendi

Having regard to the objective seriousness of the drug supply and related offending, the Form 1 matters, the discounts for guilty pleas, the serious aggravation of further offending while on conditional release, guarded rehabilitation prospects, the need for specific and general deterrence, accumulation, concurrency and totality, an aggregate sentence of 6 years imprisonment with a 4 year non-parole period was warranted, with special circumstances found to permit a longer period of parole supervision to address prohibited drug use.

Court Disposition

The offender was sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 6 years with a non-parole period of 4 years and a balance of term of 2 years; special circumstances were found.

Orders

  • ['2016/33501 Count 1: indicative sentence of 18 months imprisonment.' '2016/33501 Count 2, taking into account Form 1 Count 3: indicative sentence of 18 months imprisonment.' '2018/244726 Sequence 19: indicative sentence of 2 years imprisonment.' '2018/244726 Sequence 24, taking into account Form 1 Sequences 3, 5,...