NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : R v Clark [No 3] [2008] NSWSC 795
10/03/08 - 14/03/08 17/03/08 - 20/03/08 27/03/08 - 28/03/08 31/03/08 01/04/08 - 04/04/08 HEARING DATE(S) : 07/04/08 - 11/04/98 14/04/08 - 18/04/08 21/04/08 - 24/04/08 29/04/08 - 30/04/08 01/05/08 - 02/05/08 18/07/08
JUDGMENT DATE : 11 August 2008
JURISDICTION : Common Law Division Criminal List
JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J
DECISION : I sentence you to a term of imprisonment made up of a non parole period of 24 years commencing on 21 July 2005 and expiring on 20 July 2029 with a balance of term of 6 years ending on 20 July 2035. Accordingly, the first date upon which you will be eligible for parole is 20 July 2029. The total sentence therefore involves a term of 30 years expiring on 20 July 2035 with a non parole period of 24 years.
CATCHWORDS : Criminal Practice & Procedure - sentence - joint enterprise murder - suggested equivalent contract killing - whether life sentence warranted - standard non parole period - parity or proportionality with co-offender.
LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
CATEGORY : Sentence
Knight v R [2006] NSWCCA 292; (2006) 164 A Crim R 126 R v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131; (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 CASES CITED : MLP v R [2006] NSWCCA 271; (2006) 164 A Crim R 93 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76
PARTIES : Regina Michael Rex Clark
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