NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 111 A Crim R 415
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : R v Matthew James Harris [2000] NSWSC 285 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70027/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 April 2000
PARTIES : Regina v Matthew James Harris JUDGMENT OF : Bell J
COUNSEL : C: Ms W Robinson QC A: Mr A Webb SOLICITORS : C: S E O'Connor, Director of Public Prosecutions A: Creaghe Lisle CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - Sentencing - Murder - whether life sentence appropriate Sentencing Act 1989, ss5, 13A Crimes Act 1900, ss19, 19A, 431B Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999, Sch 1 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss21, 44, 61, Sch 2, cl 37 Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Life Sentences) Act 1996 Crimes (Homicide) Amendment Act 1982 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, s135 R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76 R v Kalajzich (1997) 94 A Crim R 41 R v Petrinovic [1999] NSWSC 1131 R v Garforth (CCA, unrep, 31/03/94) R v Street (CCA, unrep, 17/12/96) R v Bell (1985) 2 NSWLR 466 CASES CITED : R v Burke [1983] 2 NSWLR 93 Veen v The Queen (No.2) (1987-1988) 164 CLR 465 R v Petroff (Hunt CJ at CL, unrep, 12/11/91) R v McCafferty (Wood J, unrep, 15/10/91) Bugmy v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 525 R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 R v Holder (1983) 3 NSWLR 245 DECISION : See para 115 (sentenced to 40 years with 25 years non-parole)
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