NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : REGINA v. KANAAN [2001] NSWSC 959 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Criminal FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No. 70040/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/7/01 - 26/7/01; 30/7/01 - 2/8/01; 6/8/01 - 8/8/01; 31/8/01; 20/9/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 October 2001
PARTIES : REGINA v. KANAAN, Michael JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 1
COUNSEL : Crown: T. Thorpe Offender: W. Terracini, SC./G. Newton SOLICITORS : Crown: S.E. O'Connor Offender: W.H. Parsons & Associates CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - sentencing - multiple murders - "worst class of case" - sentences of life imprisonment - when applicable - relevance of youth - subjective circumstances - prospects of recidivism or rehabilitation. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Garforth (CCA, unreported 23 May 1994) Petroff (Hunt, CJ. at CL. 12 November 1991) Baker (CCA, unreported 20 September 1995) Rose [1999] NSWCCA 327 Harris [2000] NSWCCA 469 CASES CITED : Previtera (1997) 94 A. Crim. R. 76 Veen (No. 2) (1987-88) 164 CLR 465 Qutami [2000] NSWCCA 353 Barac [1999] NSWSC 61 Twala (CCA, unreported 4 November 1994) Petrinovic [1999] NSWSC 1131 DECISION : For each of the crimes of murder, the offender is sentenced to life imprisonment. For the offence of malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, the offender is sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. I decline to set a non-parole period.
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