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Macedone Legal - Criminal Law and Defence Lawyers

Criminal Lawyer Sydney - Criminal Law - Defence Lawyers - Sutherland Shire - St George - Liverpool - CBD 

Macedone Legal are criminal defence lawyers.  Sam Macedone holds specialist accreditation from the Law Society of New South Wales in the field of Criminal Law.  The Macedone Legal team, which includes Jason Keane and Anthony Grifoni, operate in the Sutherland Shire, St George area, Bankstown, Parramatta, Liverpool, Waverley, Bondi, Eastern Suburbs and the Downing Centre, as well as all the areas of wider Sydney.  If you have a problem, we will be there!

Macedone Legal attend to all criminal matters and also focus on commercial law and litigation, especially for matters in building and construction and in contract disputes.

Sam Macedone has been practising law as a solicitor for over 37 years, having been admitted as a member of the legal profession of New South Wales in 1970. In this time, he has acquired a well-earned reputation amongst the legal fraternity and his associates and clients.

Sam commenced the practise of law in the Sutherland Shire in Jannali in January 1971. He became a partner of the firm Solari Macedone Christie Willis which thereafter became Solari Partners. The firm has since been known as Macedone Christie Willis for over 20 years.

Sam is an accredited specialist in criminal law, being his particular area of expertise. He has been involved in many leading and high profile cases and has an outstanding record of achievements in his field.

Sam also has a predisposition to involve himself in selected complex and interesting commercial litigation matters and has had some solid successes in matters which have called for an experienced warrior to do battle.

Macedone Legal is Sam’s new venture and is a boutique law firm specialising in criminal law and commercial litigation.

The team at Macedone Legal assisting Sam are Jason Keane and Anthony Grifoni, solicitors, and Suzanne King and Margaret Macedone, Practice Manager and Legal Assistant respectively.  We are one happy team with our mission statement being "we are a client driven firm with our priority being to represent our clients fully and professionally and to fearlessly protect and enforce their rights in Court and elsewhere."

Macedone Legal's office is located at Suite 2, 18 Gibbs St, Miranda 2228, and you can contact Sam and the team on (02) 9525 3700 or by email to info@macedonelegal.com.au.
 
 



DNA Review Panel

A DNA Review Panel has now been created.  This is to allow testing of people who have been convicted of crimes who insist they are innocent and who believe DNA evidence can prove their claims.

If someone wishes to apply to the Panel, it will then do various searches to locate any crime scene samples which contain a DNA speciman and to then test that DNA with the person's DNA to see if there is any comparison.

The DNA Panel cannot overule convictions.  They can recommend to the Court of Criminal Appeal that a review of a particular conviction should be undertaken. 

DNA that is found at crime scenes, such as blood, semen, skin, saliva, sweat or hair, are used to identify perpetrators.  This is called DNA profiling.

These samples can come from such things as fabrics, cigarettes, tools, utensils, or minute samples of biological material, no matter how old it is or how degraded it has become.  Not all samples are, however, forensically useful.  When two samples do not match it can be said positively that they do not come from the same source.  If two samples do match it means that they may have come from the same source.  A ratio of probability as to a match is usually given.

A person can apply to the Panel for a review of:

  • their claim of innocence may be affected by DNA;
  • the person was convicted before 19.9.2006 for an offence punishable by life imprisonment or 20 years or more;
  • that the Panel thinks there are special circumstances that warrant the application;
  • the person is still subject to the sentence (in custody or parole) or still subject to supervision under the Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006.

Application forms are available at all NSW Correctional facilities.  Otherwise ring (02) 9228 8073.  Alternatively, contact us at Macedone Legal and we will assist you with your application.

Any DNA sample provided to the DNA Panel will NOT be placed on the DNA database.
 

 

 
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