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Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Spark v R [2012] NSWCCA 140 Hearing dates: 3/04/2012 Decision date: 04 July 2012 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1] Fullerton J at [2] Grove AJ at [67] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal against sentence granted. 2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - manslaughter - reckless driving - stolen vehicle - police pursuit - whether trial judge erred in failing to give effect to finding of special circumstances - whether trial judge erred in finding offending conduct reflected higher serious criminality than other cases - extra-curial punishment -whether sentence manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Case Conferencing Trial Act 2008 Cases Cited: Butters v R [2010] NSWCCA 1 Caristo v R [2011] NSWCCA 7 Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; 79 NSWLR 1; 205 A Crim R 1 Hili v R; Jones v R [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 House v R [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Jackson v R [2010] NSWCCA 162 Kalache v R [2011] NSWCCA 210 Lawler v R [2007] NSWCCA 85; 169 A Crim R 415 Maglis v R [2010] NSWCCA 247 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; 195 A Crim R 1 R v Cameron [2005] NSWCCA 359; 157 A Crim R 70 R v Cramp [1999] NSWCCA 324; 110 A Crim R 198 R v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 R v Daetz; R v Wilson [2003] NSWCCA 216; 139 A Crim R 398 R v Falzon [2000] NSWCCA 530 R v MAK; R v MSK [2006] NSWCCA 381; 167 A Crim R 159 R v Swan [2005] NSWCCA 252 R v Young [2009] NSWCCA 298 Whybrow v R [2008] NSWCCA 270 Windle v R [2011] NSWCCA 277 Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Crown Glen Ewan Spark (Applicant) Representation: Counsel: J Girdham (Crown) T Edwards (Applicant) Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) O'Brien Solicitors (Applicant) File Number(s): 2008/74486 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9101 Date of Decision: 2010-05-14 00:00:00 Before: Syme DCJ File Number(s): 2008/74486
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