R v Quinn (No 3) [2016] NSWSC 1699

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Quinn (No 3) [2016] NSWSC 1699 Hearing dates: 18 November 2016 Date of orders: 02 December 2016 Decision date: 02 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: For the offence of murder, the offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 20 years commencing 9 September 2015, comprising a non-parole period of 15 years and an additional term of 5 years. Catchwords: SENTENCING – MURDER – offender convicted following judge alone trial – offender fatally stabbed ex‑girlfriend in neck – offender then stabbed himself in the neck – offender rendered himself a quadriplegic – offender suffered from borderline personality disorder – offender suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder – contribution of mental state to offending – application of objectives of sentencing to offender suffering from mental condition and quadriplegia - whether offender suffered extra curial punishment – whether prison conditions rendered more severe – whether special circumstances – HELD – imprisonment for twenty years – non parole period of fifteen years Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aktar v R [2015] NSWCCA 123 Betts v R [2015] NSWCCA 39 Christodoulou v R [2008] NSWCCA 102 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Quinn [2015] NSWSC 1326 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; 244 CLR 120 R v Daetz [2003] NSWCCA 216 R v Fidow [2004] NSWCCA 172 R v Israil [2002] NSWCCA 255 R v Maglovski (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 16 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; 199 CLR 270 R v Pearson [2004] NSWCCA 129 R v Quinn (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 1244 R v Smith (1987) 44 SASR 587 Street v Queensland Bar Association (1989) 168 CLR 461 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Michael James Quinn (Offender) Representation: Counsel: M Hobart SC (Crown) J Manuell SC (Offender)