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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions v Neil and Marmo [2017] VSC 761
Case: [2017] VSC 761
Decision Date: 14 December 2017

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Director of Public Prosecutions v Neil and Marmo [2017] VSC 761

Most Recent Citation

DPP v Marmo [2018] VSC 31

Cases Citing This Decision

Brendan Neil v The Queen [2019] VSCA 64
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…od of 22 years. At the same time, she sentenced Marmo to a term of imprisonment of 24 years, with a non-parole of 20 years.[1] [1] DPP v Neil & Marmo [2017] VSC 761R (‘Reasons’).…
DPP v Marmo [2018] VSC 31
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…ic evidence, whilst knowing or believing that Neil and Marmo were guilty of murder. You intended to help cover up their crime. [1] DPP v Neil & Marmo [2017] VSC 761 (14 December 2017).…

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DPP v Davis [2017] VSCA 341
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…fending. The link between the offending and the assessment of your likely pre-morbid intellectual functioning is too tenuous.[70] [70]See DPP v Davis [2017] VSCA 341, [53-56].…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2017] HCA 41
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…facts grounding those sentences. The court should pay regard to current sentencing practice without being constrained by it.[82] [82] DPP v Dalgleish (2017) 349 ALR 37, [82] (Gageler, Gordon JJ).…
Kumas v The Queen [2017] VSCA 287
Citation 3

…[80][2017] VSCA 287 (6 October 2017).…
Semaan v The Queen [2017] VSCA 261
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…ten submissions received from the Crown on 5 December 2017 and from Brendan Neil on 6 December 2017 as to the application of Semaan v R; R v Semaan [2017] VSCA 261 to submissions as to post offence conduct.…
Kalala v The Queen [2017] VSCA 223
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…sentence that deters others from disregarding the legal protections available to protect women from domestic abuse.[93] [93]See generally, Kalala v R [2017] VSCA 223 (30 August 2017); Felicite v R (2011) 37 VR 329.…
DPP v Browning [2016] VSCA 153
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…ffence conduct was emphasised as an aggravating feature.[87] Some cases fell into more than one of the abovementioned categories. [83] DPP v Browning [2016] VSCA 153 (4 July 2016) Trial, 21 yrs with 16 yrs NPP; DPP v O’Neill [2015] VSCA 325 (2 December 2015) Guilty plea, 18 yrs with 13 yrs NPP; DPP v Zhuang [2015]…
DPP v Daing [2016] VSCA 58
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…VSCA 325 (2 December 2015) Guilty plea, 18 yrs with 13 yrs NPP; DPP v Zhuang [2015] VSCA 96 (13 May 2015) Trial, 22 years with 17 NPP; DPP v Daing [2016] VSCA 58 (31 March 2016) Guilty Plea 18 yrs six mo with 14 yrs 6 mo NPP; R v Singh [2010] VSC 299 (29 June 2010) Guilty plea, 17 yrs with 13 yrs NPP. [84] R v B…
DPP v O'Neill [2015] VSCA 325
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…into more than one of the abovementioned categories. [83] DPP v Browning [2016] VSCA 153 (4 July 2016) Trial, 21 yrs with 16 yrs NPP; DPP v O’Neill [2015] VSCA 325 (2 December 2015) Guilty plea, 18 yrs with 13 yrs NPP; DPP v Zhuang [2015] VSCA 96 (13 May 2015) Trial, 22 years with 17 NPP; DPP v Daing [2016] VSCA 5…
Meade v The Queen [2015] VSCA 171
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…0) Guilty plea, 17 yrs with 13 yrs NPP. [84] R v Banek [2017] VSC 11 (1 February 2017), Guilty plea, 23 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; DPP v Meade; Meade v R [2015] VSCA 171 (26 June 2015) Trial, 23 yrs with 19 yrs NPP. [85] DPP v Borg [2013] VSCA 181 (22 July 2013) Trial, 28 yrs 9 mo total sentence (28 yrs for murder) with…
DPP v Zhuang [2015] VSCA 96
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…153 (4 July 2016) Trial, 21 yrs with 16 yrs NPP; DPP v O’Neill [2015] VSCA 325 (2 December 2015) Guilty plea, 18 yrs with 13 yrs NPP; DPP v Zhuang [2015] VSCA 96 (13 May 2015) Trial, 22 years with 17 NPP; DPP v Daing [2016] VSCA 58 (31 March 2016) Guilty Plea 18 yrs six mo with 14 yrs 6 mo NPP; R v Singh [2010]…
Xypolitos v The Queen [2014] VSCA 339
Citation 11 (Para 1)

…(5 June 2009) Trial, 20 years with 17 years NPP. [87] Chalmers v R [2011] VSCA 436 (16 December 2011) Trial, 22 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; Xypolitis v R [2014] VSCA 339 (18 December 2014) Trial, 27 yrs with 24 yrs NPP; R v Potter [2012] VSC 511 (30 October 2012) Trial, 24 yrs with 20 yrs NPP; DPP v Gibson [2012] VSC 36…
Hunter v The Queen [2013] VSCA 385
Citation 12 (Para 1)

…VSC 204 (12 May 2017) Trial, 23 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; DPP v Kerr [2015] VSC 249 (28 May 2015) Guilty plea, 21 yrs with 16 yrs 6 mo NPP; DPP v Hunter [2013] VSCA 385 (19 December 2013) Guilty plea, life with no parole; Ryan, Lindholm and Trabert v R (2016) VSCA 255 (20 October 255) Ryan: Trial, 31 yrs with 26 yrs NP…
Bayley v The Queen [2013] VSCA 295
Citation 13 (Para 1)

…akes into account the principle of parsimony.[96] [94] Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic), s 5(1). [95] Sentencing Act 1991 , s 5(2)(c). See also Bayley v DPP [2013] VSCA 295 (21 October 2013). [96] Sentencing Act 1991 , s 5(3).…
DPP v Borg [2013] VSCA 181
Citation 14 (Para 1)

…ry 2017), Guilty plea, 23 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; DPP v Meade; Meade v R [2015] VSCA 171 (26 June 2015) Trial, 23 yrs with 19 yrs NPP. [85] DPP v Borg [2013] VSCA 181 (22 July 2013) Trial, 28 yrs 9 mo total sentence (28 yrs for murder) with 24 yrs 9 mo NPP; R v Spence [2015] VSC 321 (13 July 2015) Trial, 27 yrs with…
Walters v The Queen [2013] VSCA 164
Citation 15 (Para 1)

…u said to Wayne Marmo towards the end of the incident at Killarney Drive ‘that’s it, take it away’ or ‘get rid of it’.[48] [47] Walters v R [2013] VSCA 164 (20 June 2013) (Priest JA), [25-27]. [48]Crown plea submissions in the matter of DPP v Brendan Neil, 26 May 2017, [3]; Trial transcript in the matter of DPP v…
Phillips v The Queen [2012] VSCA 140
Citation 16 (Para 1)

…utilitarian benefit for the community from a plea of guilty to a crime as serious as the crime of murder cannot be overstated.[61] [60] Phillips v R [2012] VSCA 140 (29 June 2012), R v Freeman (2001) 120 A Crim R 398. [61] Phillips v R [2012] VSCA 140 (29 June 2012), [40].…
Chalmers v The Queen [2011] VSCA 436
Citation 17 (Para 1)

…(5 April 2013) Trial, 18 yrs with 16 yrs NPP; R v Likiardopolous [2009] VSC 271 (5 June 2009) Trial, 20 years with 17 years NPP. [87] Chalmers v R [2011] VSCA 436 (16 December 2011) Trial, 22 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; Xypolitis v R [2014] VSCA 339 (18 December 2014) Trial, 27 yrs with 24 yrs NPP; R v Potter [2012] VSC…
Felicite v The Queen [2011] VSCA 274
Citation 18 (Para 1)

…he legal protections available to protect women from domestic abuse.[93] [93]See generally, Kalala v R [2017] VSCA 223 (30 August 2017); Felicite v R (2011) 37 VR 329.…
Kelly v The Queen [2011] VSCA 10
Citation 19 (Para 1)

…of the offender, in addition to the part which he or she played in the commission of the offence, may reveal that other things are not equal.[79] [78][2011] VSCA 10 (20 January 2011). [79]Ibid [5], citing Lowe v R (1984) 154 CLR 606, 609 (Gibbs J).…
Pavicevic v The Queen [2010] ACTCA 25
Citation 20 (Para 1)

…in the commission of the offence, may reveal that other things are not equal.[79] [78][2011] VSCA 10 (20 January 2011). [79]Ibid [5], citing Lowe v R (1984) 154 CLR 606, 609 (Gibbs J).…
R v Zhang [2009] VSCA 236
Citation 21 (Para 1)

…g yourself with Brendan Neil by offering your encouragement and assistance. [71]See; R v Bayley [2013] VSC 313 (19 June 2013), [43], citing R v Zhang [2009] VSCA 236 (13 October 2009) [13] (Buchanan J).…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
Citation 22 (Para 1)

…Johns SC sought to rely on the evidence of Ms Lofthouse for a finding that Verdins [68] limbs one, three and four were engaged.[69] [68] R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269. [69]Ibid [32].…
R v Wright [1998] VSCA 84
Citation 23 (Para 1)

…n might be so for less grave offending.[75] [75] DPP v Heblos (2000) 117 A Crim R 49 referring to the principles discussed by Batt JA in Mills [1998] 4 VR 235.…
R v De Simoni [1981] HCA 31
Citation 24

…duct of first named offender seeking to influence witnesses not treated as aggravating the charge of murder pursuant to R v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 – Aggravating circumstance that conduct of accused borne of motive to punish deceased for informing to police about family violence – Consideration of parity between…
R v Storey [1978] HCA 39
Citation 25 (Para 1)

…secution Opening for Plea, 19 May 2017. [12]In the case of Wayne Marmo, my factual findings must be consistent with the jury verdict. [13] R v Storey (1998) 1 VR 359.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Aleluia [2017] VSC 204
Citation 26 (Para 1)

…total sentence (28 yrs for murder) with 24 yrs 9 mo NPP; R v Spence [2015] VSC 321 (13 July 2015) Trial, 27 yrs with 22 yrs NPP. [86] DPP v Aleluia [2017] VSC 204 (12 May 2017) Trial, 23 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; DPP v Kerr [2015] VSC 249 (28 May 2015) Guilty plea, 21 yrs with 16 yrs 6 mo NPP; DPP v Hunter [2013] VSCA…
R v Spaliaras [2017] VSC 33
Citation 27 (Para 1)

…55) Ryan: Trial, 31 yrs with 26 yrs NPP, Lindholm: Guilty plea, 25 yrs with 21 yrs NPP, Trabert, Trial, 28 yrs with 23 yrs NPP; R v Spaliaris & Ors [2017] VSC 33 (3 February 2017) Spaliaras: Trial, 24 yrs with 17 yrs NPP / Brennan: Trial, 22 yrs with 17 NPP /Hill: Trial, 20 yrs with 15 yrs NPP; R v Budimir [2013…
R v Banek [2017] VSC 11
Citation 28 (Para 1)

…h 2016) Guilty Plea 18 yrs six mo with 14 yrs 6 mo NPP; R v Singh [2010] VSC 299 (29 June 2010) Guilty plea, 17 yrs with 13 yrs NPP. [84] R v Banek [2017] VSC 11 (1 February 2017), Guilty plea, 23 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; DPP v Meade; Meade v R [2015] VSCA 171 (26 June 2015) Trial, 23 yrs with 19 yrs NPP. [85] DPP v…
R v Bradley [2015] VSC 768
Citation 29 (Para 1)

…ault in company, [43] and the presence of the rifle meant that the combined behaviour of the pair of you was particularly egregious. [43] R v Bradley [2015] VSC 768 (22 December 2015) [22].…
R v Spence [2015] VSC 321
Citation 30 (Para 1)

…h 19 yrs NPP. [85] DPP v Borg [2013] VSCA 181 (22 July 2013) Trial, 28 yrs 9 mo total sentence (28 yrs for murder) with 24 yrs 9 mo NPP; R v Spence [2015] VSC 321 (13 July 2015) Trial, 27 yrs with 22 yrs NPP. [86] DPP v Aleluia [2017] VSC 204 (12 May 2017) Trial, 23 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; DPP v Kerr [2015] VSC 249…
R v Kerr [2015] VSC 249
Citation 31 (Para 1)

…15] VSC 321 (13 July 2015) Trial, 27 yrs with 22 yrs NPP. [86] DPP v Aleluia [2017] VSC 204 (12 May 2017) Trial, 23 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; DPP v Kerr [2015] VSC 249 (28 May 2015) Guilty plea, 21 yrs with 16 yrs 6 mo NPP; DPP v Hunter [2013] VSCA 385 (19 December 2013) Guilty plea, life with no parole; Ryan, Lindhol…
R v Giles [2014] VSC 210
Citation 32 (Para 1)

…511 (30 October 2012) Trial, 24 yrs with 20 yrs NPP; DPP v Gibson [2012] VSC 363 (24 August 2012) Guilty plea, 24 yrs with 20 yrs NPP; DPP v Giles [2014] VSC 210 (30 April 2014) Trial, 26 yrs with 21 yrs NPP ; R v Budimir [2013] VSC 149 (5 April 2013) Trial, 18 yrs and 16 yrs NPP; R v Spaliaris & Ors [2017] VSC…
R v Bayley [2013] VSC 313
Citation 33 (Para 1)

…ndan Neil, although it also relevant to you, Wayne Marmo, because it occurred with your encouragement. [42] DPP v England (1999) 2 VR 258; R v Bayley [2013] VSC 313 (19 June 2013) [15].…
R v Budimir [2013] VSC 149
Citation 34 (Para 1)

…3 (3 February 2017) Spaliaras: Trial, 24 yrs with 17 yrs NPP / Brennan: Trial, 22 yrs with 17 NPP /Hill: Trial, 20 yrs with 15 yrs NPP; R v Budimir [2013] VSC 149 (5 April 2013) Trial, 18 yrs with 16 yrs NPP; R v Likiardopolous [2009] VSC 271 (5 June 2009) Trial, 20 years with 17 years NPP. [87] Chalmers v R [201…
R v Potter [2012] VSC 511
Citation 35 (Para 1)

…CA 436 (16 December 2011) Trial, 22 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; Xypolitis v R [2014] VSCA 339 (18 December 2014) Trial, 27 yrs with 24 yrs NPP; R v Potter [2012] VSC 511 (30 October 2012) Trial, 24 yrs with 20 yrs NPP; DPP v Gibson [2012] VSC 363 (24 August 2012) Guilty plea, 24 yrs with 20 yrs NPP; DPP v Giles [2014] V…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Gibson [2012] VSC 363
Citation 36 (Para 1)

…VSCA 339 (18 December 2014) Trial, 27 yrs with 24 yrs NPP; R v Potter [2012] VSC 511 (30 October 2012) Trial, 24 yrs with 20 yrs NPP; DPP v Gibson [2012] VSC 363 (24 August 2012) Guilty plea, 24 yrs with 20 yrs NPP; DPP v Giles [2014] VSC 210 (30 April 2014) Trial, 26 yrs with 21 yrs NPP ; R v Budimir [2013] VSC…
R v Singh [2010] VSC 299
Citation 37 (Para 1)

…96 (13 May 2015) Trial, 22 years with 17 NPP; DPP v Daing [2016] VSCA 58 (31 March 2016) Guilty Plea 18 yrs six mo with 14 yrs 6 mo NPP; R v Singh [2010] VSC 299 (29 June 2010) Guilty plea, 17 yrs with 13 yrs NPP. [84] R v Banek [2017] VSC 11 (1 February 2017), Guilty plea, 23 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; DPP v Meade; M…
R v Tran [2009] VSC 271
Citation 38 (Para 1)

…2 yrs with 17 NPP /Hill: Trial, 20 yrs with 15 yrs NPP; R v Budimir [2013] VSC 149 (5 April 2013) Trial, 18 yrs with 16 yrs NPP; R v Likiardopolous [2009] VSC 271 (5 June 2009) Trial, 20 years with 17 years NPP. [87] Chalmers v R [2011] VSCA 436 (16 December 2011) Trial, 22 yrs with 18 yrs NPP; Xypolitis v R [201…
Director of Public Prosecutions v England [2016] VCC 1486
Citation 39 (Para 1)

…rongly referable to you, Brendan Neil, although it also relevant to you, Wayne Marmo, because it occurred with your encouragement. [42] DPP v England (1999) 2 VR 258; R v Bayley [2013] VSC 313 (19 June 2013) [15].…

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