Akoka v The Queen
[2017] VSCA 214
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…ence outweigh to a large extent the matters personal to you in your efforts at rehabilitation. 50I was referred to the decisions in Akoka v The Queen [2017] VSCA 214 where the Court endorsed and allowance being made for periods that an offender was involved in a rehabilitation facility. I do not regard it as appro…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Gray
[2018] VCC 1273
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…g possession of illegal firearms, non-custodial or combination sentences were imposed. Each of the cases has distinguishing features. 33In DPP v Gray [2018] VCC 1273 , the firearms charge was not one involved with other offending. This makes that sentence distinguishable. There is a similarity, however, in that th…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Djokic
[2018] VCC 1008
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…, in that the court did give credit for a period in rehabilitation facility. I was urged to do that and I will do that. 34In the case of DPP v Djokic [2018] VCC 1008 , again the firearms charges involved a person being found in possession of those firearms but not in active drug trafficking enterprise, which is he…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Bosa
[2018] VCC 376
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…ior convictions were less serious and there was substantial rehabilitation and a community corrections order was imposed. 35In the case of DPP v Bosa [2018] VCC 376 , the charge was possessing an unregistered handgun and firearm without a serial number. A term of six months' imprisonment as an aggregate sentence…