NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v Lo [2003] NSWCCA 313 HEARING DATE(S) : 27/10/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 October 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; O'Keefe J at 2; Greg James J at 46 DECISION : 1. Leave to appeal granted; 2. Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : Appeal - Leave to appeal - Sentence - Murder - Conspiracy to murder - Contract killing - No error if words of s 61 of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 not used - Plea of guilty - discount - Notion of percentage discount on an indeterminate sentence not meaningful - Reduction of indeterminate sentence to sentence for term of years - Assistance to authorities - discount - Motive not necessary factor for discount for assistance - Effect of verbal formulae "take into account" and "must consider" - Double dipping Crimes Act 1900: ss 19A(1), 26 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999: ss 21(1), 21A, 22, 23, 61 Criminal Appeal Act 1912: s 6 Criminal Procedure Act 1986: s 32 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 CASES CITED : Regina v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 Regina v Rose [1999] NSWCCA 327 Regina v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 Regina v Thomson; Regina v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 PARTIES : Regina Wai Hung Lo FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60500/00 COUNSEL : Applicant - T Game SC Respondent - P Ingram SOLICITORS : Applicant - J Leary Respondent - C K Smith
LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 70009/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Barr J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
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