Maglovski v R [2014] NSWCCA 238

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Maglovski v R [2014] NSWCCA 238 Hearing dates: 17.10.2014 Decision date: 29 October 2014 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Hidden J at [39] Davies J at [40] Decision: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence appeal - applicant convicted of murder - alleged error in making non-parole period 80 percent of head sentence and in failing to find special circumstances - no oversight by sentencing judge - considered choice by judge to increase non-parole period beyond statutory ratio - failure by defence counsel to raise special circumstances during sentence proceedings - no error on part of sentencing judge. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 -s44(1), s44(2) Criminal Appeal Act, 1912 - s6(3) Cases Cited: Barton v R [2009] NSWCCA 164 Briggs v R [2010] NSWCCA 250 Clarke v R [2009] NSWCCA 49 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v RHB [2008] NSWCCA 236 ; 189 A Crim R 178 Edwards v R [2009] NSWCCA 199 Goebel-McGregor v R [2006] NSWCCA 390 Jiang v R [2010] NSWCCA 277 Musgrove v R [2007] NSWCCA 21; 167 A Crim R 424 R v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 R v Dunn [2007] NSWCCA 312 R v Fidow [2004] NSWCCA 172 R v Maglovski (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 16 Wakefield v R [2010] NSWCCA 12 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dragi Maglovski - Applicant Regina - Respondent Crown Representation: Counsel: Mr D Dalton SC - Applicant Ms N Williams - Respondent Crown Solicitors: SE O'Connor, Legal Aid of NSW - Applicant J Pheils, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions - Respondent Crown File Number(s): 2011/321270 Decision under appeal Citation: R v Maglovski (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 16 Date of Decision: 2013-02-04 00:00:00 Before: Beech-Jones J File Number(s): 2011/321270