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Brooks (a pseudonym) v The King
[2023] VSCA 4
Citation 1
(Para 1)
…e sentence for the offender.[14] [13] Brooks (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] VSCA 4 (‘ Brooks ’); Reg v Smith, Michael [1987] SASC 9802 (‘ Smith ’); R v Van Boxtel [2005] VSCA 175 (‘ Van Boxtel ’). [14] Smith , 4. 108The courts, however, must be cautious as to the influence which they allow this factor to have u…
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DPP v Reynolds
[2022] VSCA 263
Citation 2
…Cases Cited: DPP v Reynolds (a pseudonym) [2022] VSCA 263; Skura v The Queen [2004] VSCA 53; Brown v The Queen [2019] VSCA 286; DPP v Ferris [2024] VCC 1878; Brooks (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] VSCA 4; Reg v Smith, Michael [1987] SASC 9802; R v Van Boxtel [2005] VSCA 175; R v R L P [2009] VSCA 271; R v Penn (19…
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Brown v the Queen
[2019] VSCA 286
Citation 3
…Cases Cited: DPP v Reynolds (a pseudonym) [2022] VSCA 263; Skura v The Queen [2004] VSCA 53; Brown v The Queen [2019] VSCA 286; DPP v Ferris [2024] VCC 1878; Brooks (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] VSCA 4; Reg v Smith, Michael [1987] SASC 9802; R v Van Boxtel [2005] VSCA 175; R v R L P [2009] VSCA 271; R v Penn (19…
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DPP v Huby
[2019] VSCA 106
Citation 4
(Para 1)
…ed in the interests of justice. [25] DPP v Huby [2019] VSCA 106. 124Here, the prosecution, as I understood it, contended that the standard sentencing regime ought apply and that it was not, or, if any, just barely, in the interests of justice to require anything other than what Parliament prescribed or just below.…
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym)
[2017] HCA 41
Citation 5
…lation of the same concept, and the term they used of 'individualised’ sentencing.[12] [11] Sentencing Act . [12] See DPP v Dalgleish (a pseudonym) [2017] HCA 41. 59What is required by individualised sentencing is that I evaluate all the circumstance of the offence and all the circumstances of the offender. I no…
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Pasznyk v The Queen
[2014] VSCA 87
Citation 6
…286. [9] DPP v Ferris [2024] VCC 1878. [10] Sentencing remarks are not published, but the sentence was unsuccessfully appealed in Pasznyk v The Queen [2014] VSCA 87. 58The sentencing methodology mentioned in the Sentencing Act of instinctive synthesis[11] is perhaps more easily understood by reference to the High…
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R v Towle
[2009] VSCA 280
Citation 7
(Para 1)
…2] R v Guariglia [2001] VSCA 27. [23] R v Towle [2009] VSCA 280. 120As already mentioned, the most critical consideration for you is what non-parole period is fixed. The general principles regarding the fixing of a non-parole period are clear enough. The non-parole period is the period of time that justice require…
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R v RLP
[2009] VSCA 271
Citation 8
(Para 1)
…eptably inappropriate sentence.”[19] [19] R v R L P [2009] VSCA 271 (‘ RLP ’), 39. 114It was specifically raised in RLP that general deterrence, the primary sentencing purpose in your case, may have to be moderated because of the public perception of imposing a gaol sentence that may see the offender spend most, i…
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R v Van Boxtel
[2005] VSCA 175
Citation 9
(Para 1)
…v Smith, Michael [1987] SASC 9802 (‘ Smith ’); R v Van Boxtel [2005] VSCA 175 (‘ Van Boxtel ’). [14] Smith , 4. 108The courts, however, must be cautious as to the influence which they allow this factor to have upon the sentencing process. Ill health cannot be allowed to become a licence to commit crime, nor can of…
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R v Skura
[2004] VSCA 53
Citation 10
…Cases Cited: DPP v Reynolds (a pseudonym) [2022] VSCA 263; Skura v The Queen [2004] VSCA 53; Brown v The Queen [2019] VSCA 286; DPP v Ferris [2024] VCC 1878; Brooks (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] VSCA 4; Reg v Smith, Michael [1987] SASC 9802; R v Van Boxtel [2005] VSCA 175; R v R L P [2009] VSCA 271; R v Penn (1…
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Weininger v The Queen
[2003] HCA 14
Citation 11
(Para 1)
…re, the human dimension.[27] [27] Weininger v R [2003] HCA 14. 128Just in terms of the expression of mercy, I am not sure that it needs to be said, but just in case it be thought otherwise, the fact that you are more well known than most offenders, and the fact that you were good at your chosen sport, has played…
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R v Guariglia
[2001] VSCA 27
Citation 12
(Para 1)
…Penn (1994) 19 MVR 367, 370. [22] R v Guariglia [2001] VSCA 27. [23] R v Towle [2009] VSCA 280. 120As already mentioned, the most critical consideration for you is what non-parole period is fixed. The general principles regarding the fixing of a non-parole period are clear enough. The non-parole period is the per…
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Ferris
[2024] VCC 1878
Citation 13
…Cases Cited: DPP v Reynolds (a pseudonym) [2022] VSCA 263; Skura v The Queen [2004] VSCA 53; Brown v The Queen [2019] VSCA 286; DPP v Ferris [2024] VCC 1878; Brooks (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] VSCA 4; Reg v Smith, Michael [1987] SASC 9802; R v Van Boxtel [2005] VSCA 175; R v R L P [2009] VSCA 271; R v Penn (19…
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Huby
[2018] VCC 1621
Citation 14
(Para 1)
…rcent of the head sentence.[24] [24] DPP v Huby [2018] VCC 1621. 123The Court of Appeal, upon the Director's appeal, did not approve of that sentence with such a disparity, but the court could understand the sentencing judge's expression of mercy such that, in exercising their own residual discretion, the Court of…