NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : REGINA v. HOLMES & RATU [2003] NSWCCA 258 HEARING DATE(S) : Thursday 11 September 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 September 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1/41; Hidden J at 42; Greg James J at 2 DECISION : Grant leave to appeal; appeals dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - appeal - sentence - special circumstances - non-parole period - failure to find particular matters as special circumstances - whether amounting to legal error - failure to specify shorter non-parole period - whether legal error - necessity for appeal court to be persuaded some other sentence is warranted in law and should have been passed. Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 CASES CITED : Simpson (2001) 126 A. Crim R. 525 PARTIES : REGINA v. HOLMES, Barney Bernard REGINA v. RATU, Jeremaia FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA No. 60184 of 2003;; No. 60183 of 2003 COUNSEL : Crown: M. Grogan Appellants: S. Odgers, SC. SOLICITORS : Crown: C.K. Smith Appellants: B. Sandlands
LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT No. 70051/01; 70208/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Levine, J. JUDICIAL OFFICER :
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 60184 of 2003 No. 60183 of 2003
SPIGELMAN, CJ. HIDDEN, J. GREG JAMES, J.
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