A NSW common assault case study examining sentencing submissions, mitigating factors and a Conditional Release Order made without conviction.

If you have been charged with a minor criminal offence in NSW, you generally have a good chance of avoiding a criminal conviction altogether if you decide to plead guilty, provided your criminal record is relatively clean. In these types of matters the Court would normally exercise its discretion by choosing to deal with the matter by way of a Section 10 dismissal or alternatively by imposing a Conditional Release Order (CRO) without a conviction or a fine. Case Study For the