NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : R v Podesta [2008] NSWSC 1204
HEARING DATE(S) : 18 August 2008 - 1 September 2008, 17 October 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 14 November 2008
JUDGMENT OF : McCallum J
DECISION : The offender is sentenced to imprisonment with a non-parole period of 5 years commencing on 22 November 2006 and a balance of term of 3 years. The earliest date on which the offender will be eligible for release on parole is 21 November 2011.
CATCHWORDS : Sentence - offence of manslaughter - partial defence of substantial impairment by abnormality of mind
LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
R v Bartlett [2001] NSWSC 685 R v Blacklidge (30/11/1995 NSWCCA, unreported) R v Doff [2005] NSWCCA 119 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Gagalowicz [2005] NSWCCA 452 R v Hucker [2002] NSWSC 1068 CASES CITED : R v Lever [2001] NSWSC 1131 R v Potts [2001] NSWSC 753 R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76 Regina v Hawkins [2110] NSWSC 420 Regina v Mabbott [2002] NSWSC 502 Regina v Mawson [2007] NSWSC 1473 Veen v R (No.2) (1988) 164 CLR 465
PARTIES : Regina Jason Podesta
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 0004/2008
COUNSEL : Mr C Maxwell QC (Crown) Mr A Webb (Offender)
SOLICITORS : Director of Public Prosecutions Legal Aid
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