Police were called to Leichhardt Street in Dubbo after reports a highly intoxicated man was roaming around the streets trying to get into houses about 3.30pm on January 25 this year.

Officers arrived to find Bradley Raymond Dunn naked in his front yard, highly erratic and yelling incoherently.

According to police the 39-year-old appeared to be "seriously affected" by drugs or alcohol as he was swearing profusely, unsteady on his feet and frothing at his mouth yelling and rambling.

After police placed him under arrest, one of the officers was permitted to go inside to find Dunn some pants. However once inside, one of the officers entered the first bedroom which had no furniture, but tin foil covering the window, a number of lights, electrical cords and power boards along with a fan which was facing the wardrobe.

Inside the wardrobe were four large cannabis plants on the floor in black pots, with three large lamps hanging above them.

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Officers entered the second bedroom to find Dunn's clothing and again found another fan facing the wardrobe cooling three large black pots, each with an established cannabis plant with six lamps hanging above them. Dunn was taken to Dubbo hospital by paramedics where he was sedated. Police seized 17 cannabis plants ranging from 10cm to 120cm in height.

Three months earlier, in October 2021, Dunn was arrested for larceny after stealing a six pack of Jim Bean bourbon and coke from the Westside bottlemart.

In Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday, Dunn pleaded guilty to one count of wilful and obscene exposure in a public place, cultivate a prohibited plant and larceny.

Defence lawyer Bill Dickens said his client had developed a substance abuse issue as a result of a double bereavement about five years ago. He said Dunn had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and was in "somewhat of a manic state" at the time of these two incidents.

Magistrate Gary Wilson agreed Dunn suffered from mental health struggles and was on the path to rehabilitation. He convicted Dunn and sentenced him to an 18-month community corrections order for cultivating the cannabis plant, and fined $250 for indecency.

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