Pollock v R [2007] NSWSC 148

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Pollock v R [2007] NSWSC 148

HEARING DATE(S) : 17 November 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 2 March 2007

JUDGMENT OF : Johnson J at 1

DECISION : Life sentence redetermined - specified term fixed of 24 years' imprisonment commencing on 20 November 1990 and expiring on 19 November 2014 with a non-parole period of 17 years and nine months commencing on 20 November 1990 and expiring on 19 August 2008.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - redetermination of life sentence imposed for murder - objective seriousness of offence - totality - life sentence redetermined

Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Sentencing Act 1989 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912

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