Fresh medical evidence demonstrating that a prisoner's pre-existing medical condition has worsened to a potentially life-threatening degree not foreseen at sentencing, combined with evidence that prison conditions have exacerbated the condition through inadequate diet and medication, satisfies the Nguyen test for fresh evidence on sentencing appeal and may constitute exceptional circumstances warranting reduction of the non-parole period while maintaining the head sentence.
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