NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Regina v Van Xuan Nguyen [2005] NSWSC 600
HEARING DATE(S) : 2 May 2005, 2 June 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 23 June 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Johnson J at 1
DECISION : Sentence of imprisonment of six years with a non-parole period of four years, both to date from 23 June 2003.
CATCHWORDS : SENTENCING - Manslaughter - plea of guilty - involvement in extended joint criminal enterprise - prospect of deportation not relevant on sentence - finding of "special circumstances" based upon onerous nature of imprisonment.
Criminal Procedure Act 1986 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
Maxwell v The Queen (1995-1996) 184 CLR 501 R v Hill (1981) 3 A Crim R 397 R v MacDonald (Court of Criminal Appeal, 12 December 1995, BC9501664) R v Blacklidge (Court of Criminal Appeal, 12 December 1995, BC9501665) R v Mohamad Ali [2005] NSWSC 334 R v Walsh (2004) 142 A Crim R 140 R v Martin [2005] NSWCCA 190 CASES CITED : R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Shrestha v The Queen (1991) 173 CLR 48 R v Van Hong Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 R v Mirzaee [2004] NSWCCA 315 R v Puta and Others [2002] NSWCCA 495 R v Curry [2002] NSWCCA 109 R v Stelfox [2002] NSWCCA 331 R v Yu [2003] NSWSC 1153
Regina PARTIES : Van Xuan Nguyen
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2003/76
Ms L Wells (Crown) COUNSEL : Mr W Terracini SC (Prisoner)
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