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Pleaded guilty on ex officio indictments to one count of manslaughter, one count of unlawfully possessing a motor vehicle with circumstances of aggravation, two counts of fraud and two counts of stealing; sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the manslaughter conviction, with the sentencing judge indicating that without the circumstances in his favour the appropriate penalty would have been a term of imprisonment of 12 or 13 years.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2007] QCA 144
04 May 2007
Leave to appeal sentence and appeal allowed by substituting a sentence of nine years imprisonment and setting aside the declaration of a serious violent offence; sentenced, on a plea of guilty, to 10 years imprisonment for manslaughter; trial judge erred in employing a notional head sentence of 12 to 13 years: McMurdo P, Holmes JA and Lyons J.
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA)
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