Regina v Taylor [2002] NSWSC 1139

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina v Taylor [2002] NSWSC 1139 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Criminal FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70074/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 26/03/02, 27/03/02, 28/03/02, 03/04/02, 04/04/02, 05/04/02, 08/04/02, 09/04/02, 10/04/02, 11/04/02, 15/04/02, 16/04/02, 17/04/02, 18/04/02, 19/04/02, 22/04/02, 23/04/02, 23/04/02, 24/04/02, 29/04/02, 30/04/02, 01/05/02, 02/05/02, 03/05/02, 06/05/02, 07/05/02, 08/05/02, 09/05/02, 06/06/02, 19/09/02, 24/09/02, 25/09/02, 26/09/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 November 2001

PARTIES : Regina v Michael James Taylor JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1

T. Hoyle SC - Crown COUNSEL : G. Scragg - Offender G. Nicholson - Offender (sentencing only) Office of the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions SOLICITORS : Legal Aid Commissionof NSW Pamela White and Associates Crimes Act Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Drugs Mususe & Trafficking Act 1985 Regina v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76 CASES CITED : Bollen v Regina (1998) 99 A Crim R 510 Simpson (2001) NSW CCA 534 DECISION : Michael James Taylor, in relation to the charge under s 10(1) of the Drug Misuse & Trafficking Act 1985 you are convicted and fined the sum of $500.00. I allow 12 months time to pay. In relation to the charge of murder, I sentence you to 18 years imprisonment. The sentence is to date from the 12 September 2001. I set a non-parole period of 14 years commencing on 12 September 2001 and expiring on 11 September 2015. The prisoner will be eligible to be released on 11 September 2015.