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Mohinder Bajwa Singh v The Queen
[2022] VSCA 178
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…o-operation and an undertaking to give evidence and some very unusual mental health issues in play as well. [11] Mohinder Bajwa Singh v The Queen [2022] VSCA 178 169There are in fact probably too few cases for me to actually discern a sentencing practice existing post this scheme coming into effect, but in any eve…
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Phongthaihong v The Queen
[2021] VSCA 317
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…driving and the Court of Appeal indicated in that Director's Appeal that he had in fact been dealt with leniently. [9] Phongthaihong v The Queen [2021] VSCA 317; 98 MVR 143 [10] DPP v Reid [2020] VSCA 247 168There are a range of differing matters in mitigation and aggravation as disclosed in the various cases. Th…
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Worboyes v The Queen
[2021] VSCA 169
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…along the footpath. Related summary offence of unlicenced driving; 32 years old. Very brief criminal history; early guilty plea; Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169 – COVID-19. Remorse; COVID-19 increased burden.…
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DPP v Reid
[2020] VSCA 247
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…t they were ever even at risk. That is how broad the endangerment offences are. They can cover a multitude of settings. See the case of Reid [4]. [4] [2020] VSCA 247 at [101] 135These instances of the offence, did not involve some theoretical risk. These were acts by you causing serious immediate risks of death or…
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Victorsen v The Queen
[2020] VSCA 248
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…ber of the cases that I have looked at including the case of Victorsen [6] from 2020. [5] Brown v The Queen [2019] VSCA 286 [6] Victorsen v The Queen [2020] VSCA 248 ( “Victorsen” ) 148Pursuant to these relevant Sentencing Act provisions, the period of eight years is the standard sentence for the offence of culpab…
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Brown v the Queen
[2019] VSCA 286
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…ing Manual. Also, it is discussed in a number of the cases that I have looked at including the case of Victorsen [6] from 2020. [5] Brown v The Queen [2019] VSCA 286 [6] Victorsen v The Queen [2020] VSCA 248 ( “Victorsen” ) 148Pursuant to these relevant Sentencing Act provisions, the period of eight years is the s…
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DPP v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym)
[2016] VSCA 148
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…ars. This is the same sort of problematic compression of sentences spoken of in the [8] Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2016] VSCA 148 Court of Appeal decision of Dalgleish .[8] How could there be no broader range of sentences given the maximum term and the varying degrees of seriousness…
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Bugmy v The Queen
[2013] HCA 37
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…d prepared. Correctly so in my view when one has regard to the extent of the disadvantage required to enliven those principles. [1] Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; 249 CLR 571 (“ Bugmy” ) 89She conceded on your behalf the gravity of the offending and the need to pay regard to the multiple victims. She conceded…
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R v Verdins
[2007] VSCA 102
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…f the current diagnoses but there is no reliance at all on any of the principles from the well-known decision of R v Verdins. [2] [2] R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; 16 VR 269; 169 A Crim R 581 (' Verdins' ) 98Well you certainly did not have an ideal background. Few prisoners do. Few people do. There was the separati…
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R v Whyte
[2006] NSWCCA 75
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…features that may aggravate the gravity of driving offences that cause death or serious injury. These features may include: [3] R v Whyte (2002) 55 NSWLR 252 ·The extent and nature of injuries inflicted; ·The number of people put at risk; ·The speed; ·The degree of intoxication or of substance abuse; ·Erratic driving;…
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R v Singh
[2021] VSC 182
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…back in 2021. The case involving the truck driver who killed four police out on the Eastern Freeway near the Chandler Highway exit. [7] R v Singh [2021] VSC 182; 95 MVR 444 160Those 12 years sentences were in fact successfully appealed recently in the Court of Appeal and reduced to 10 years each but that was as a…