NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : R v Terry Mark DONAI [2008] NSWSC 502
HEARING DATE(S) : 16 May 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 23 May 2008
JUDGMENT OF : Fullerton J
DECISION : On the two charges of murder I sentence Terry Mark Donai to concurrent sentences of imprisonment for life, each to date from 16 June 2006.
CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - murder - relevant principles concerning the application of s 61(1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - whether life sentence should be imposed - whether offence within worst category - future dangerousness
LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
Attorney General for NSW v Nationwide News Pty Limited Anor [2007] NSWCCA 307 Burrell v R [2007] NSWCCA 65 GAS v The Queen [2004] HCA 22; 217 CLR 198 Knight v R [2006] NSWCCA 292; 164 A Crim R 126 R v Benitez [2006] NSWCCA 21; 160 A Crim R 166 R v Chetcuti (Court of Criminal Appeal, 24 December 1993, unreported) R v Donai (New South Wales Supreme Court, 2 October 2007, unreported) CASES CITED : R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWR 374 R v Merritt [2004] NSWCCA 19; 59 NSWLR 557 R v Mrish (Hidden J, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 13 December 1996, unreported) R v SLD [2003] NSWCCA 310; 58 NSWLR 589 R v Willard [2005] NSWSC 402 R v Yeo [2003] NSWSC 315 The Queen v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270
PARTIES : Terry Mark Donai (Offender) The Crown
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