R v Luke COUSLEY
[2018] NSWDC 112
At a glance
Source factsCourt
District Court of NSW
Decision date
2018-03-21
Source
Original judgment source is linked above.
Judgment (10 paragraphs)
Judgment
- Luke Cousley was committed for sentence from the Wagga Wagga Local court on 25 October 2017 in respect of two offences, namely one count of what is commonly or shortly known as Dangerous Driving Occasioning Grievous Bodily Harm contrary to s 52A(3)(c) of the Crimes Act, 1900 and one count of what is commonly or shortly known as fail to Stop and Assist after Vehicle Impact occasioning Grievous Bodily Harm, contrary to s 52AB(2) of the Crimes Act. The maximum penalty for both offences is 7 years imprisonment. There is no standard non-parole period specified in respect of either offence.
- The pleas of guilty were adhered to in the District Court at Wagga Wagga on 21 March 2018 and accordingly the offender is entitled to the full 25% discount for the utilitarian value of the pleas of guilty. In addition to the two principal counts the offender pleaded guilty to two charges attaching to a Certificate pursuant to s 166 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1986, namely a charge of Not Comply with Direction to Stop/Move Light Vehicle contrary to s 169A(7) of the Road Transport Act, 2013 and one count of Drive While Disqualified contrary to s 54(1) of the Road Transport Act.
- In dealing with those matters attaching to the Certificate pursuant to s 166 of the Criminal Procedure Act this court has the same jurisdiction as the Local Court. I indicated at the sentence hearing that I proposed to deal with the charge of Not Comply with Direction pursuant to s 10A of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act, 1999 and the charge of Drive While Disqualified by a wholly concurrent fixed term of imprisonment. I did not understand either advocate to dissent from that proposed course and accordingly that is the manner in which those matters will be dealt.