Robert Pearce (judge)
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|name = Robert William Pearce
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Robert William Pearce is an Australian judge, who was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania in June 2013,{{cite web|
url= https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/wig-chamber/13945-tas-announces-judicial-appointments|title= Tasmania announces judicial appointments|accessdate= 13 October 2022}} and is the only member of the Court based in Launceston, Tasmania.
Background
Pearce graduated Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania in 1981.{{cite web|url= https://graduation-verification-service.utas.edu.au/Results.aspx?name=Robert+William+Pearce&course=&year=|title= Graduate Verification Service|accessdate= 13 October 2022}}{{cite web|url= https://www.supremecourt.tas.gov.au/judge/robert-pearce/|title= Robert Pearce|accessdate= 13 October 2022}}
Judicial career
In 2009, Pearce was appointed a Magistrate, of the Magistrates Court of Tasmania.{{cite web| url= https://www.supremecourt.tas.gov.au/judge/robert-pearce/|title= Robert Pearce|accessdate= 13 October 2022}}{{cite web|url= https://www.examiner.com.au/story/479747/two-new-magistrates-head-for-launceston/|title= Two new Magistrates head for Launceston|publisher= The Examiner|accessdate= 13 October 2022}}
After his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, in 2014, Pearce later presided over the trial of Marco Daniel Rusterholz for the 2012 murders of Angela Hallam and Joshua Newman. Pearce later convicted Rusterholz and sentenced him to 45 years’ imprisonment.{{cite web|url= https://www.themercury.com.au/news/scales-of-justice/rusterholz-guilty-of-double-murder/news-story/abffbbf2c9c02a5e08dee951ebe7c188|title= Rusterholz guilty of double murder|publisher= The Mercury|accessdate= 13 October 2022}}
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Category:University of Tasmania alumni