Criminal Law Cases

Our client is a 19-year-old young man from Auburn, NSW.

He had been supplying cocaine through ‘dial-a-dealer’ style transactions. He was in a vehicle with 2 other people, including a driver, where the vehicle drove to certain spots and had their buyers get into the vehicle, purchase the illicit drugs and leave the vehicle.

The police observed this, stopped the car and arrested the people in the vehicle, including our client. Our client was also found to have over $7,000 in cash on their person. Our client was arrested and charged with the offences of ‘Supply prohibited drug’ and ‘Deal with proceeds of crime’. Supply prohibited drug, which is an offence under Section 25 of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. However, as the amount that our client was charged with supplying was ‘less than small quantity’ of the drug in question, the maximum penalty is 2 years imprisonment if the matter is dealt with in the Local Court and 15 years imprisonment if the matter is dealt with in the District Court.

Our client then got into contact with Rezae & Co Lawyers, who specialise in criminal and traffic law matters as our client had required experienced criminal lawyers who were based in Sydney.

The case ultimately proceeded to a Local Court sentence. Before the sentence had commenced, our defence team prepared submissions for sentence and made an application for a conditional release order (CRO) without proceeding to a conviction, meaning the client would not receive a criminal record (formerly known as a Section 10). This means that our client would receive a bond to be of good behaviour for a certain period of time.

We pressed that it was our client was still a young man with his whole life ahead of him and that he had no criminal record, making this his first offence. Our client also relied on having a clean criminal record for his place of employment and a conviction would strongly affect his future with not only his current place of employment but all future employment opportunities at such a young age. The magistrate ultimately accepted our submissions and imposed a CRO without proceeding to a conviction, resulting in our grateful client receiving no criminal record.

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Our client is a 27-year-old woman from Coogee, NSW.

She had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend in Coogee near McDonald’s restaurant, which had gotten physical and resulted in our client ripping the shirt of her boyfriend. Both were affected by alcohol.

When the police arrived, she had cooperated with the police and explained what had happened. Our client was then arrested and charged with common assault. Common assault, which is an offence under section 61 of the Crimes Act 1900, carries a maximum penalty of 2 years in prison.

Our client then got into contact with Rezae & Co Lawyers, who specialise in criminal and traffic law matters as our client had required experienced criminal lawyers who were based in Sydney.

The case ultimately proceeded to a Local Court sentence. Before the sentence had commenced, our defence team prepared submissions for sentence and made an application for a conditional release order (CRO) without proceeding to a conviction, meaning the client would not receive a criminal record (formerly known as a Section 10). This means that she would receive a bond to be of good behaviour for a certain period of time. We pressed that it was our client was still a young woman with her whole life ahead of her and that she had no criminal record, making this her first offence. Our client was also on a student visa and a criminal conviction would have strongly affected her future in Australia. The magistrate ultimately accepted our submissions and imposed a CRO without proceeding to a conviction, resulting in our grateful client receiving no criminal record.