6 Jul 2021
Despite the applicant's personal circumstances and early plea, the offending involved planning, premeditation and repetition and, given previous similar offending and application of totality, a starting point of imprisonment was open but the judge's imposition of three months' home detention was within the available sentencing range and not manifestly excessive; appeal dismissed.
12 Jan 2018
The judge fixed a starting point of 11 years for the aggregate offending, reduced that by 10% to 10 years to reflect the lower statutory maximum for conspiracy counts, uplifted two months for additional district court charges (to 10 years 2 months), applied a 15% global personal mitigation discount (reducing to 8 years 8 months), then applied a full 25% guilty plea discount to produce a final sentence of six years and six months' imprisonment; the court also ordered destruction of drug-related items and forfeiture of cash, with the uplift for transferred charges discounted to one month to be…
18 Aug 2016
Section 80I did not apply because the sentencing judge would not have imposed home detention even if a suitable residence had been available; accordingly no leave to apply for substitution was required, and the 22 month imprisonment sentence was within the available range given the commerciality and seriousness of the offending and not manifestly excessive.