NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Regina v Adam Patrick OWENS [2008] NSWSC 1375
HEARING DATE(S) : 3 November & 5 December 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 19 December 2008
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : McCallum J
DECISION : The offender is sentenced to imprisonment with a non-parole period of 17 years commencing on 5 March 2007 and a balance of term of 6 years. The earliest date on which the offender will be eligible for release on parole is 4 March 2024. The full term of the sentence will expire on 4 March 2030.
CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - murder - plea of guilty - offence within mid-range - consideration of aggravating and mitigating factors
LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Apps v R [2006] NSWCCA 290 Knight v R [2006] NSWCCA 292 R v Barbetta [2008] NSWSC 688 R v Christov (No 2) [2006] NSWSC 1179 CASES CITED : R v Merritt [2004] NSWCCA 19 R v O'Connor [2008] NSWSC 1297 R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76 R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131; 60 NSWLR 168
PARTIES : Regina Adam Patrick Owens
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 6621/08
COUNSEL : Mr R Hoenig (Crown) Mr R Kaufmann (Sol) (Offender)
SOLICITORS : Director of Public Prosecutions Crimlaw (Australia) Pty Ltd
- 9 - IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
McCALLUM J
FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER 2008
6621/08 REGINA v ADAM PATRICK OWENS
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