NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v Vongsouvanh; R v Namalauulu [2004] NSWCCA 158 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 April 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 May 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J at 1; Bell J at 47; Howie J at 48 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : Crown appeal against sentences - respondents arraigned on charges of murder - each pleaded guilty to manslaughter - pleas accepted by Crown in full satisfaction - finding of fact consistent with conviction for manslaughter - knowledge of the presence of a knife - separate convictions for assault occasioning actual bodily harm - continuing course of events - subjective circumstances - discount for pleas of guilty - aggravating features - mitigating factors - accumulation - concurrence - Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act s44(2) - special circumstances - degree of reduction in non-parole period - principle of totality - range of seriousness of offence of manslaughter - parity Crimes Act 1900, s24 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s5D Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, s22, s44(2), s50 CASES CITED : R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 R v White [1999] NSWCCA 60 Crown - Appellant PARTIES : Katty Vongsouvanh - Respondent Fialelei Loretta Namalauulu - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60539/03; 60538/03 D Howard - Crown COUNSEL : J Stratton SC - Respondent Vonsouvanh AP Cook - Respondent Namalauulu SOLICITORS : S Kavanagh - Crown S O'Connor - Respondents
LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 70082/02 (Vongsouvanh) FILE NUMBER(S) : 70024/03 (Namalauulu) LOWER COURT Whealy J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
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