R v Lane [2020] NSWDC 643

Aggregate sentence of imprisonment imposed for supply of commercial quantity of prohibited drugs, factoring in youth, first offender status, remorse, rehabilitation prospects, impact of COVID-19, early guilty plea, and involvement in organised criminal group, with separate but partially accumulated sentences for supply of MDMA and cocaine.

Parties: Offender: Shaun Terry Lane; Prosecutor: Director of Public Prosecutions
Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 14 August 2020
Procedural Posture: Sentence / Sentencing Decision
Outcome: Convicted and sentenced to imprisonment
Legal Topics: Supply Prohibited Drug, Sentencing, Organised Crime, Drug Addiction, COVID 19 Impact, Form 1 Matters, Special Circumstances

Criminal Law Supply Prohibited Drug Sentencing Organised Crime Drug Addiction COVID 19 Impact Form 1 Matters Special Circumstances

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Parties

Shaun Terry Lane

Offender

Director of Public Prosecutions

Prosecutor

Procedural Posture

Sentence / Sentencing Decision

Legal Issues

1 Appropriate sentence for supply prohibited drug commercial quantity (MDMA and cocaine)
2 Consideration of early guilty plea and rehabilitation prospects
3 Impact of COVID-19 on sentencing

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

Convicted and sentenced to imprisonment

Orders

Count 1: Sentence three years four months, non parole period one year ten months
Count 2: Sentence two years seven months, non parole period one year five months