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Court of Criminal Appeal
Supreme Court
New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Grabovac v R (No 2) [2018] NSWCCA 120
Hearing dates: On the papers
Date of orders: 13 June 2018
Decision date: 13 June 2018
Before: Bathurst CJ; Schmidt J; Hamill J
Decision: 1. Order 4 made on 28 May 2018 is set aside; and
2. Mr Grabovac is sentenced to a total term of imprisonment of 10 years, 6 months, commencing on 24 May 2016, with a non-parole period of 6 years, 9 months, with the result that he will first become eligible for parole on 23 February 2023.
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – slip rule – variation of orders
Cases Cited: Grabovac v R [2018] NSWCCA 100
Category: Principal judgment
Parties: Frano Grabovac (Appellant)
Regina (Crown)
Representation: Counsel:
M Johnston SC (Appellant)
B Hatfield (Crown)
Solicitors:
Fay Rose Legal (Appellant)
Solicitor for Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown)
File Number(s): 2014/342118
Publication restriction: Nil
Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court of NSW
Jurisdiction: Criminal
Citation: --
Date of Decision: 07 September 2016
Before: Sides QC DCJ
File Number(s): 2014/325121
2014/342118
Judgment
1. In Grabovac v R [2018] NSWCCA 100, Mr Grabovac was resentenced to a non-parole period of 6 years, 9 months commencing on 21 June 2016 and a total sentence of 10 years, 6 months, expiring on 20 December 2026, making him first eligible for parole on 20 March 2023.
2. The parties are agreed that there was an error made in the order, Mr Grabovac's sentence in the District Court, initially indicated to commence on 21 June 2016, having finally been ordered to commence on 24 May 2016, after taking into account certain pre-sentence custody. In the result, the Court is asked to correct its order, to reflect that date.
3. There is no issue as to the Court's power to make the correction to the order which the parties have agreed, in the circumstances which have arisen. We are satisfied both that there was an error in the order and that justice demands that it now be corrected.
4. Accordingly we order that:
1. Order 4 made on 28 May 2018 is set aside; and
2. Mr Grabovac is sentenced to a total term of imprisonment of 10 years, 6 months, commencing on 24 May 2016, with a non-parole period of 6 years, 9 months, with the result that he will first become eligible for parole on 23 February 2023.
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Amendments
13 June 2018 - typographical errors in [1]
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Decision last updated: 14 June 2018
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