Criminal lawyer Joseph Correy, at an appeal in the district court, had a client acquitted of recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm and their prison sentence of 22 months set aside. He also obtained an Intensive Correction Order (good behaviour bond) for a client charged with cultivating prohibited plants by indoor means for a commercial purpose. […]
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Joseph has continued to obtain lenient sentences for his clients charged with drug supply. In the last month, in addition to obtaining no convictions for smaller supplies, Joseph has obtained the following results: 2 years and 10 months imprisonment with a 18 month non-parole period (released in 18 months) for a client charged with supplying
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Following obtaining bail for one of his clients charged with murder after a hung jury trial earlier this year, Joseph Correy has obtained bail in the Supreme Court for another of his clients, also charged with Murder. Joseph was relentless in pursuit of bail for his client, who maintains his innocence. He did two bail
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Criminal lawyer and drug law specialist Joseph Harb has gotten another outstanding result with his client receiving only 18 months imprisonment for the ongoing supply of more than 250 grams of ice, which amounts to a commercial quantity. Mr Harb’s client was also charged with dealing with $10,000 proceeds of crime. Mr Harb negotiated the
Criminal lawyer Joseph Correy has continued his run of successful section 32 applications under the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990. On Friday, Mr Correy was successful in having a charge of reckless wounding, involving a nurse being stabbed multiple times, dismissed pursuant to s 32 without a conviction being recorded against his client. The
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Criminal lawyer Joseph Correy and barrister Doug Marr have continued their unbroken streak of wins at trials for serious sex offences with the DPP withdrawing an aggravated sexual assault charge before the start of a 5 day trial. The defence had compiled volumes of text messages, Facebook messages, and Whatsapp, that showed the complainant to
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In reply to the Australian’s Government’s response, Prime Minister Ardern warned that Australia’s stance has the potential to damage the relationship between the two countries. “I just think we can’t take our friendship for granted; we can’t take our closeness for granted. And if there is something that is causing concern for one side of
A juvenile found to be carrying 560 ecstacy tablets avoided prison and a criminal record following an appeal, represented by Joseph Harb. A 17 year old from Sydney had been convicted and sentenced to juvenile detention for the supply of 560 ecstacy tablets and $2000 woth of proceeds of crime. Large quantities of ecstacy are
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Criminal lawyer Joseph Harb, renowned for his ability when it comes to drug cases, has gotten another excellent result. His client was charged with the supply of ecstasy tablets. He argued for the supply charge to be withdrawn and was successful. He had his client sentenced for the possession of the tablets instead, and successful
