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CDirector of Public Prosecutions v Darryl Burgess (sentence)

Case [2023] VCC 633

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AGLC: CDirector of Public Prosecutions v Darryl Burgess (sentence) [2023] VCC 633
Case: [2023] VCC 633
Decision Date: 20 April 2023

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CDirector of Public Prosecutions v Darryl Burgess (sentence) [2023] VCC 633

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Rodgerson v The Queen [No 2] [2022] VSCA 154
Citation 1

…[2007] WASCA 178; Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293; Cooper v The Queen [2012] VSCA 32; Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 Totaan [2022] NSWCCA 75; Rogerson (No 2) [2022] VSCA 154; R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. Sentence: 15 months’ imprisonment; released after serving 8 months upon giving security by recognisance of $5,000 and co…
Totaan v The the Queen [2022] NSWCCA 75
Citation 2

…ited: Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 178; Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293; Cooper v The Queen [2012] VSCA 32; Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 Totaan [2022] NSWCCA 75; Rogerson (No 2) [2022] VSCA 154; R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. Sentence: 15 months’ imprisonment; released after serving 8 months upon giving security…
Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169
Citation 3 (Para 39)

…have assessed the utilitarian value of your guilty plea in light of the above and mitigated your sentence accordingly. [21] Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169 at [39].…
R v Ralston [2020] ACTCA 47
Citation 4 (Para 14)

…ecent – the grooming process is just as likely to involve platonic, “innocent” exchanges. [4] R v Poynder [2007] NSWCCA 157 [95]. [5] [2020] ACTCA 47 at [14].…
Kebriti v R [2019] VSCA 275
Citation 5

…HCA 39 at [18]. [54] R v Pham [2015] HCA 39 at [50]. [55] The cases include Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293; DPP v Kebriti [2019] VSCA 275; DPP (Cth) v Hiznikov [2008] VSCA 269; DPP (Cth) v Walls [2014] VSCA 323; R v Burdon [2005] QCA 147; Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 250 and R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268.…
R v Cook [2018] TASCCA 20
Citation 6 (Para 12)

…n [2010] NSWCCA 293 at [37]; see also Meadows v The Queen [2017] VSCA 290 at [12]; R v Cook [2018] TASCCA 20 at [44].…
Meadows v The Queen [2017] VSCA 290
Citation 7

…duce the victim to what the offender has in mind and to test whether the images or description provoke any adverse reaction.[13] [12] [2017] VSCA 290. [13] [2017] VSCA 290 at [45]. 31This was your modus operandi . On 11 July 2019, which was the second day of your offending, you asked ‘Sienna’ if she was a virgin;…
DPP v O'Neill [2015] VSCA 325
Citation 8

…, or to think clearly at the time of the offence’.[33] [33] Romero v The Queen [2011] VSCA 25, [13]; see also DPP v O’Neill [2015] VSCA 325, [75]. 69Where the principles in Verdins are enlivened, not only may the moral culpability of the offender be reduced so that ‘denunciation is less likely to be a relevant sen…
R v Pham [2015] HCA 39
Citation 9 (Para 23)

…take into account current sentencing practices, the ‘implicit’ requirement to do so is imposed on this court by the common law.[50] [50] R v Pham [2015] HCA 39 at [23] by reference to s 5(2)(b) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic.) 83Consistency of sentencing, so that like cases are treated alike and different cases…
R v HOGAN [2015] SASCFC 102
Citation 10

…receive credit for being a man with no prior convictions and no subsequent offending. [27] R v Porte [2015] NSWCCA 174, [126] [28] R v Hogan [2015] SASCFC 102, [72] 65You are 70 years old. The age of an offender is relevant to sentencing because any period of imprisonment will represent a larger proportion of their…
Adamson v The Queen [2015] VSCA 194
Citation 11 (Para 46)

…pective of the fact that there was no actual victim.[14] [14] [2017] VSCA 290 at [46]; see also Adamson v R [2015] VSCA 194 at [47] and [49] and Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293 at [37]. 33You sent a large number of messages to ‘Sienna’ on numerous days during the six week period of your offending. Your offending was…
R v Porte [2015] NSWCCA 174
Citation 12

…r and service cannot be ignored.[28] You receive credit for being a man with no prior convictions and no subsequent offending. [27] R v Porte [2015] NSWCCA 174, [126] [28] R v Hogan [2015] SASCFC 102, [72] 65You are 70 years old. The age of an offender is relevant to sentencing because any period of imprisonment wil…
DPP (Cth) v Walls [2014] VSCA 323
Citation 13

…ude Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293; DPP v Kebriti [2019] VSCA 275; DPP (Cth) v Hiznikov [2008] VSCA 269; DPP (Cth) v Walls [2014] VSCA 323; R v Burdon [2005] QCA 147; Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 250 and R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. 85At the hearing of your plea, your counsel referred the court to the ca…
Barbaro v The Queen [2012] VSCA 288
Citation 14 (Para 39)

…se of the sentencing discretion. Remorse of this kind enhances prospects of rehabilitation and reduces the need for specific deterrence.[22] [22] [2012] VSCA 288 at [39]. 55In your letter to the court dated 15 March 2023, you state that you are ‘extremely remorseful of my behaviour’. 56Dr Ong reports that ‘Mr Burg…
Cooper v The Queen [2012] VSCA 32
Citation 15

…Offenders Registration Act 2004 (Vic.). Cases Cited: Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 178; Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293; Cooper v The Queen [2012] VSCA 32; Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 Totaan [2022] NSWCCA 75; Rogerson (No 2) [2022] VSCA 154; R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. Sentence: 15 months’ imprisonment; re…
Charles v The Queen [2011] VSCA 399
Citation 16

…done by calling expert evidence and there must be a ‘rigorous evaluation of the evidence’.[38] [37] Charles v R [2011] VSCA 399,[162]. [38] DPP v O’Neill [2015] VSCA 325 , [68]. 71The only evidence relied upon by your counsel in support of these submissions is the report of Dr Ong, who reached the following conclu…
Kuek v Devflan Pty Ltd [2011] VSCA 25
Citation 17

…heir] ability to make calm and rational choices, or to think clearly at the time of the offence’.[33] [33] Romero v The Queen [2011] VSCA 25, [13]; see also DPP v O’Neill [2015] VSCA 325, [75]. 69Where the principles in Verdins are enlivened, not only may the moral culpability of the offender be reduced so that ‘…
Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293
Citation 18

…riminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic.); Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 (Vic.). Cases Cited: Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 178; Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293; Cooper v The Queen [2012] VSCA 32; Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 Totaan [2022] NSWCCA 75; Rogerson (No 2) [2022] VSCA 154; R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. Se…
Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105
Citation 19

…mmon law,[47] there is no requirement for ‘exceptional circumstances’ to be made out in the application of s 16A(2)(p).[48] [47] Markovic [2010] VSCA 105. [48] See Totaan [2022] NSWCCA 75 and Rogerson (No 2) [2022] VSCA 154 at [73]. 80Your wife Paulette suffers from ill health in the form of Hypothyroidism. She ha…
DPP (Cth) v Hizhnikov [2008] VSCA 269
Citation 20

…HCA 39 at [50]. [55] The cases include Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293; DPP v Kebriti [2019] VSCA 275; DPP (Cth) v Hiznikov [2008] VSCA 269; DPP (Cth) v Walls [2014] VSCA 323; R v Burdon [2005] QCA 147; Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 250 and R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. 85At the hearing of your plea, your c…
R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268
Citation 21

…R [2010] NSWCCA 293; Cooper v The Queen [2012] VSCA 32; Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 Totaan [2022] NSWCCA 75; Rogerson (No 2) [2022] VSCA 154; R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. Sentence: 15 months’ imprisonment; released after serving 8 months upon giving security by recognisance of $5,000 and conditions…
R v SC [2008] NSWCCA 29
Citation 22 (Para 48)

…ge was a recognition of the inevitable rather than evidence of contrition or a real willingness to facilitate the course of justice’.[20] [20] SC [2008] NSWCCA 29 at [48]. 51In the sentence indication I gave you in 2022 I accepted that your guilty plea was relatively early despite being made on the eve of your tria…
R v DD (No 2) [2008] VSCA 15
Citation 23 (Para 19)

…ensome than younger offenders.[29] These concerns are exacerbated in your case as this will be your first time in custody. [29] R v DD (No 2) [2008] VSCA 15 at [19].…
The State of Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 250
Citation 24

…th) v Hiznikov [2008] VSCA 269; DPP (Cth) v Walls [2014] VSCA 323; R v Burdon [2005] QCA 147; Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 250 and R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. 85At the hearing of your plea, your counsel referred the court to the case of DPP v Griscti, [56] a decision of her Honour Judge Hassan of this c…
R v Poynder [2007] NSWCCA 157
Citation 25

…child may not always be indecent – the grooming process is just as likely to involve platonic, “innocent” exchanges. [4] R v Poynder [2007] NSWCCA 157 [95]. [5] [2020] ACTCA 47 at [14].…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
Citation 26

…Act 2004 (Vic.). Cases Cited: Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 178; Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293; Cooper v The Queen [2012] VSCA 32; Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 Totaan [2022] NSWCCA 75; Rogerson (No 2) [2022] VSCA 154; R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. Sentence: 15 months’ imprisonment; released after serving 8 mon…
R v Vardouniotis [2007] VSCA 62
Citation 27

…functioning ‘may reduce the moral culpability of the offending conduct, as distinct from the offender’s legal responsibility’.[32] [31] [2007] VSCA 62 [32] Ibid, [20] quoting R v Tsiaras [1996] 1 VR 398 68In such cases, the condition will affect the punishment that is just in all the circumstances, and ‘denunciat…
R v Burdon; ex parte [2005] QCA 147
Citation 28

…A 293; DPP v Kebriti [2019] VSCA 275; DPP (Cth) v Hiznikov [2008] VSCA 269; DPP (Cth) v Walls [2014] VSCA 323; R v Burdon [2005] QCA 147; Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 250 and R v Gajjar [2008] VSCA 268. 85At the hearing of your plea, your counsel referred the court to the case of DPP v Griscti, [56] a…
Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64
Citation 29 (Para 28)

…ence imposed in another case ‘gives rise to no binding precedent’.[52] [51] R v Pham [2015] HCA 39 at [28]. [52] Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 at [57]. 84This court, when sentencing an offender for a federal offence such as grooming, must have regard to ‘sentencing practices across the country’.[53] Comparable…
R v Jiminez [1999] NSWCCA 7
Citation 30

…ding conduct, as distinct from the offender’s legal responsibility’.[32] [31] [2007] VSCA 62 [32] Ibid, [20] quoting R v Tsiaras [1996] 1 VR 398 68In such cases, the condition will affect the punishment that is just in all the circumstances, and ‘denunciation is less likely to be a relevant sentencing objec…
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Burgess (Ruling) [2022] VCC 2275
Citation 31

…tion.[3] At the request of your counsel, that ruling was not published but will now be published along with these reasons for sentence. [3] [2022] VCC 2275 17The matter then proceeded to a plea hearing before me on 4 April 2023.…
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Griscti [2020] VCC 1389
Citation 32

…than is the case with your offending. He submitted that your sentence should be less than that imposed in that case. [56] [2020] VCC 1389. 86While I accept that the chat in Gristci was more explicit than yours, the following are other distinguishing features concerning both the offending and the offender: ·Unlike…

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