Regina v Patsalis & Spathis [No 22] [1999] NSWSC 1320

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Regina v Patsalis & Spathis [No 22] [1999] NSWSC 1320 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Criminal Division FILE NUMBER(S) : 70002/97; 70200/97 28 June 1999 - 30 June 1999 2 July 1999 5 July 1999 - 7 July 1999 12 July 1999 - 14 July 1999 19 July 1999 - 23 July 1999 27 July 1999 2 August 1999 - 6 August 1999 9 August 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 August 1999 - 13 August 1999 16 August 1999 - 20 August 1999 23 August 1999 - 27 August 1999 30 August 1999 - 31 August 1999 1 September 1999 - 2 September 1999 6 September 1999 - 10 September 1999 13 September 1999 - 17 September 1999 20 September 1999 - 24 September 1999 1 October 1999 14 December 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 February 2000

Regina PARTIES : v Michael Patsalis Alexios Spathis JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J

P Power (Crown) COUNSEL : J Amor-Smith (Patsalis) D Campbell (Spathis) K Roots (Crown) SOLICITORS : Coustas & Co (Patsalis) Hancock Alldis (Spathis) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL PRACTICE & PROCEDURE; Sentencing felony murder; Assistance to authorities s442B Crimes Act; Special Circumstances ACTS CITED : Crimes Act, 1900 - s442B, s556A Sentencing Act, 1989 - s5(2) Savvas v The Queen (1995) 183 CLR 1 The Queen v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374 R v JB (Hunt CJ at CL, unreported, 20/11/97) R v P M Mills (CCA, unreported, 3 April 1995) CASES CITED : R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 R v Hayes (1981) 3 A Crim R 286 R v Downey (1997) 97 A Crim R 41 R v Farouk (CCA, unreported, 29 March 1996) R v Phelan (1991) 66 A Crim R 446 DECISION : Refer Paras 81 and 82