Regina v Ray [2001] NSWSC 1145

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina v Ray [2001] NSWSC 1145 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70036/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/4/01;24/4/01;26/4/01;1/5/01;2/5/01;3/5/01;4/5/01;7/5/01;8/5/01;9/5/01;7/9/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 December 2001

PARTIES : Regina v David Stafford Ray JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J

COUNSEL : Mr P Power - Crown Mr P Boulten - Prisoner S E O'Connor SOLICITORS : Solicitor for Public Prosecutions, Sydney - Crown Legal Aid Commission, Sydney - Prisoner CATCHWORDS : Manslaughter - Killing by injection of morphine - Effects of alcohol on prisoner and deceased - Special circumstances - Health of prisoner - Circumstances of imprisonment LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Regina v Storey (1997) 89 A Crim R 519 Regina v Isaacs (1997) A Crim R 587 at 592 R v Hill (1980-1981) 3 A Crim R 397 R v Dodd (1991-1992) 57 A Crim R 349 R v Blacklidge (NSWCCA 12 December 1995 unreported) Veen (No 2) v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 465 at 472;33 A Crim R 230 at 234 CASES CITED : Todd v The Queen [1982] 2 NSWLR 517 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 and 64;36 A Crim R 468 Regina v Rusbhy [1977] 1 NSWLR 594 Regina v Hill (1981) 3 A Crim R 402 Regina v Sellen (1991) 57 A Crim R 313 at 318 Regina v AB No 2 [2000] (NSWCCA 467, unreported 7 December 2000) Regina v Previtera (1994) A Crim R 76 at 84-87 Bollen v Regina (1998) 99 a Crim R 510 at 529 DECISION : Imprisonment for 7½ years. Non-parole period fixed as 4 years.