NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : REGINA v. WALKINGTON [2003] NSWCCA 285 revised - 29/10/2003 HEARING DATE(S) : Friday 3 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 October 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Grove J at 44; Hulme J at 49; Greg James J at 1 DECISION : Appeal dismissed
CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - sentence - Crown appeal - murder of partner - whether prior conviction for assault on victim can be disregarded when considering absence of prior record as a mitigating circumstance - degree of culpability - whether sentence manifestly inadequate - whether open to trial judge to find special circumstances - whether ill treatment of body after death amounts to "gratuitous cruelty" for consideration of aggravating circumstances doubted - appeal dismissed. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Fernando (1992) 76 A. Crim. R. 58 CASES CITED : Allpass (1994) 72 A. Crim R. 561 Hallocoglu (1992) 29 NSWLR 67 PARTIES : REGINA v. WALKINGTON, Benjamin FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA No. 60212 of 2003 COUNSEL : Crown: E. Wilkins Resp: C. Davenport SOLICITORS : Crown: C.K. Smith Resp: R. Davies, Western Aboriginal Legal Service
LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 70112/02 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Newman, J. JUDICIAL OFFICER :
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 60212 of 2003
GROVE, J. HULME, J. GREG JAMES, J.
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