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Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Heaton

Case [2023] VCC 651

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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Heaton [2023] VCC 651
Case: [2023] VCC 651
Decision Date: 19 April 2023

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Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Heaton [2023] VCC 651

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Totaan v The the Queen [2022] NSWCCA 75
Citation 1 (Para 3)

…ferent if you were being sentenced under Commonwealth law – see Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 16A(2)(p) as interpreted in Totaan v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 75. [59] R v Esposito [2009] VSCA 277, [14].…
Kelly v The Queen [2021] VSCA 216
Citation 2 (Para 3)

…some similarity to yours. His sentence in this Court of 2 years’ imprisonment on that charge was upheld by the Court of Appeal on appeal.[66] [65] [2021] VSCA 216. [66] The offender was also sentenced in respect of other dishonesty charges which attracted a higher maximum penalty. The total effective sentence of…
Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…l. The utilitarian benefit of your plea is considerable especially given the backlog in this court due to the pandemic.[19] [19] Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169.…
Johnston v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2021] VSCA 95
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…circumstances of your case. [62] The prosecution referred the Court to DPP v Cini [2014] VCC 1347; DPP v Downes [2021] VCC 572; Johnstone v DPP (Cth) [2021] VSCA 95; Tran v The Queen [2014] VSCA 85; R v Huttley (1989) 43 A Crim R 176; and R v Ginies [1972] VR 394.…
Kovacevic v The Queen [2021] VSCA 49
Citation 5 (Para 4)

…l has recognised that ‘there must always be a place for the exercise of mercy where the circumstances warrant it’. [60] Kovacevic v The Queen [2021] VSCA 49, [53].…
Brown v The Queen [2020] NZHC 1494
Citation 6 (Para 3)

…ender re-offending.[24] [22] Crown’s Submissions on Relevance of Impaired Mental Functioning to Sentence dated 29 March 2023, [39]-[42]. [23] Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491, [70] [24] Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491, [72].…
Dyason v The Queen [2015] VSCA 120
Citation 7 (Para 7)

…his case in recent years as a reminder of the importance of general deterrence in sentencing white collar fraud cases.[69] [69] See, e.g., Dyason v R [2015] VSCA 120 at [38]; Kelly v The Queen [2021] VSCA 216 at [39].…
Tran v The Queen [2014] VSCA 85
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…The prosecution referred the Court to DPP v Cini [2014] VCC 1347; DPP v Downes [2021] VCC 572; Johnstone v DPP (Cth) [2021] VSCA 95; Tran v The Queen [2014] VSCA 85; R v Huttley (1989) 43 A Crim R 176; and R v Ginies [1972] VR 394.…
Brown v R [2014] NZCA 93
Citation 9 (Para 3)

….[24] [22] Crown’s Submissions on Relevance of Impaired Mental Functioning to Sentence dated 29 March 2023, [39]-[42]. [23] Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491, [70] [24] Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491, [72].…
Charles v The Queen [2011] VSCA 399
Citation 10 (Para 5)

…rinciples. This will normally be done by expert evidence which must be ‘rigorously scrutinised’ by the sentencing court.[28] [27] Charles v R [2011] VSCA 399, [162]. [28] Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491, [6].…
Cedic v The Queen [2011] VSCA 258
Citation 11 (Para 2)

…r impairing [their] ability to make calm and rational choices, or to think clearly at the time of the offence’.[21] [21] Romero v The Queen [2011] VSCA 258, [13].…
Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105
Citation 12 (Para 3)

…ablish that the situation is so exceptional that ‘it would be, in effect, inhuman’ to take it into account.[59] [58] Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105. The position would be different if you were being sentenced under Commonwealth law – see Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 16A(2)(p) as interpreted in Totaan v The Queen…
R v Esposito [2009] VSCA 277
Citation 13 (Para 3)

…nder Commonwealth law – see Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 16A(2)(p) as interpreted in Totaan v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 75. [59] R v Esposito [2009] VSCA 277, [14].…
RJE v Secretary to the Department of Justice [2008] VSCA 265
Citation 14 (Para 4)

…Submissions on Relevance of Impaired Mental Functioning to Sentence dated 29 March 2023, [17]. [56] Cf RJE v Secretary to Department of Justice [2008] VSCA 265, [16]-[18].…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
Citation 15 (Para 1)

…ed mental functioning ‘may reduce the moral culpability of the offending conduct, as distinct from the offender’s legal responsibility’. [20] (2007) 16 VR 269, [32].…
Tsiadis v Patterson [2001] VSCA 138
Citation 16 (Para 6)

…he 1998 case of DPP v Bulfin .[17] This is because general deterrence is required to be the predominant sentencing consideration.[18] [17] [1998] 4 VR 114, 131. [18] R v Lo (2007) 174 A Crim R 451, [28].…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Downes [2021] VCC 572
Citation 17 (Para 1)

…t be sentenced based on the facts and circumstances of your case. [62] The prosecution referred the Court to DPP v Cini [2014] VCC 1347; DPP v Downes [2021] VCC 572; Johnstone v DPP (Cth) [2021] VSCA 95; Tran v The Queen [2014] VSCA 85; R v Huttley (1989) 43 A Crim R 176; and R v Ginies [1972] VR 394.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Rocha (a pseudonym) [2020] VCC 1865
Citation 18 (Para 2)

…ability. It was an unusual case which is readily distinguishable from yours. [63] See DPP v Akkala [2020] VCC 120; DPP v Power [2020] VCC 643. [64] [2020] VCC 1865.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Power [2020] VCC 643
Citation 19 (Para 2)

…reduce her moral culpability. It was an unusual case which is readily distinguishable from yours. [63] See DPP v Akkala [2020] VCC 120; DPP v Power [2020] VCC 643. [64] [2020] VCC 1865.…
DPP v Akkala [2020] VCC 120
Citation 20 (Para 2)

…d the Verdins principles to reduce her moral culpability. It was an unusual case which is readily distinguishable from yours. [63] See DPP v Akkala [2020] VCC 120; DPP v Power [2020] VCC 643. [64] [2020] VCC 1865.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Cini [2014] VCC 1347
Citation 21 (Para 1)

…nce in sentencing you. You must be sentenced based on the facts and circumstances of your case. [62] The prosecution referred the Court to DPP v Cini [2014] VCC 1347; DPP v Downes [2021] VCC 572; Johnstone v DPP (Cth) [2021] VSCA 95; Tran v The Queen [2014] VSCA 85; R v Huttley (1989) 43 A Crim R 176; and R v Gini…

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