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Director of Public Prosecutions v Hodges

Case [2025] VCC 1060

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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions v Hodges [2025] VCC 1060
Case: [2025] VCC 1060
Decision Date: 21 July 2025

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Director of Public Prosecutions v Hodges [2025] VCC 1060

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DPP v Kenneison [2023] VSCA 321
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…ven when the constituent circumstances are mainly, or even wholly, relevantly common[12] .  [12] See also DPP v Kenneison [2023] VSCA 321 [37]-[41]; Fariah v The Queen [2021] VSCA 213. 89Within the bounds of reasonableness whether an applicant’s circumstances meet the threshold requirement of s.5(2H)(e) is ultimat…
DPP v Richardson [2023] VSCA 241
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…[16] See also DPP v Richardson [2023] VSCA 241.…
Wright v The King [2023] VSCA 243
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…es, your very good prospects of rehabilitation demonstrated by your progress in the community while on bail. [14] Wright v The King [2023] VSCA 243. 114For completeness after the plea hearing, I had you assessed for a community corrections order and you were assessed as suitable. 115In all the circumstances, I do…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Lombardo [2022] VSCA 204
Citation 4

…Cited: Gregory (a pseudonym) v R (2017) 268 A Crim R 1; R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; Farmer v The Queen [2020] VSCA 140; Lombardo v The Queen [2022] VSCA 204; R v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212; DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301; DPP v Duffy [2021] VCC 1741; Power v the Queen [2010] VSC 139. Sentence:Total effective se…
Buckley v The Queen [2022] VSCA 138
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…on submit that the nature and the gravity of the offending calls for an immediate term of imprisonment to be imposed. [9] Buckley v The Queen [2022] VSCA 138. 83In determining whether there are substantial and compelling circumstances under subsection (2H)(e) the relevant legislative provisions provide as follows;…
Fariah v The Queen [2021] VSCA 213
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…nly, or even wholly, relevantly common[12] .  [12] See also DPP v Kenneison [2023] VSCA 321 [37]-[41]; Fariah v The Queen [2021] VSCA 213. 89Within the bounds of reasonableness whether an applicant’s circumstances meet the threshold requirement of s.5(2H)(e) is ultimately for the sentencing judge to determine and…
Gayed v the Queen [2021] VSCA 141
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…native nor controlling factor in the sentencing calculus ( Condo [2019] VSCA 181; Gayed v The Queen [2021] VSCA 141); DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301; DPP v Duffy [2021] VCC 1741. 30Briefly in DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301 police located the offender asleep in his car and conducted a search of it seizing a range of…
Lytras v The Queen [2020] VSCA 150
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…, is far removed from the circumstances and very large and sophisticated offending in Gregory . [2] [2020] VSCA 150. 28I have taken into account the cases referred to by Counsel. While offering assistance of course, each case turns on its own facts and circumstances. 29The prosecution submit that the cases of Rina…
Farmer v The Queen [2020] VSCA 140
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…6AAA Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) Cases Cited: Gregory (a pseudonym) v R (2017) 268 A Crim R 1; R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; Farmer v The Queen [2020] VSCA 140; Lombardo v The Queen [2022] VSCA 204; R v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212; DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301; DPP v Duffy [2021] VCC 1741; Power v the Queen [2010…
DPP v Condo [2019] VSCA 181
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…account but it is neither a determinative nor controlling factor in the sentencing calculus ( Condo [2019] VSCA 181; Gayed v The Queen [2021] VSCA 141); DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301; DPP v Duffy [2021] VCC 1741. 30Briefly in DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301 police located the offender asleep in his car and conducted…
Mitchell v The Queen [2016] VSCA 321
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…pal of totality, given all the offending relates to the one day. [5] See Mitchell v R [2016] VSCA 321. 37I accept that your drug use at the time may have contributed to the offending, that you likely have a substance abuse disorder[6] and that you were also partly funding your own use. However, given the quantitie…
DPP v Zhuang [2015] VSCA 96
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…ble sentences may play a part in informing the instinctive synthesis, as stated in DPP v Zhuang [2015] VSCA 96 ‘Sentences passed in other cases are not precedents which must be followed unless they are capable of being distinguished. Every sentence must be the product of the intuitive synthesis of all factors rel…
Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37
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…go through’ and that it has been, as supported by the report of Mr Cummins, impactful. [7] Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37. 65The prosecution do not accept that your youth was ‘traumatic’ and submit that the highest the evidence rises is that your mental health was ‘disturbed’. With reference to an earlier DATC…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
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…offence Legislation Cited: ss 5(1), 6AAA Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) Cases Cited: Gregory (a pseudonym) v R (2017) 268 A Crim R 1; R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; Farmer v The Queen [2020] VSCA 140; Lombardo v The Queen [2022] VSCA 204; R v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212; DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301; DPP v Duffy [202…
R v Osenkowski [2005] SASC 142
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…(2017) 268 A Crim R 1; R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; Farmer v The Queen [2020] VSCA 140; Lombardo v The Queen [2022] VSCA 204; R v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212; DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301; DPP v Duffy [2021] VCC 1741; Power v the Queen [2010] VSC 139. Sentence:Total effective sentence of 2 years and 8 months impr…
Thoroughvision Pty Ltd v Sky Channel Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 139
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…v The Queen [2022] VSCA 204; R v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212; DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301; DPP v Duffy [2021] VCC 1741; Power v the Queen [2010] VSC 139. Sentence:Total effective sentence of 2 years and 8 months imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 1 year and 1 month.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Duffy [2021] VCC 1741
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…he Queen [2020] VSCA 140; Lombardo v The Queen [2022] VSCA 204; R v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212; DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301; DPP v Duffy [2021] VCC 1741; Power v the Queen [2010] VSC 139. Sentence:Total effective sentence of 2 years and 8 months imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 1 year and 1 month.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301
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…s [2007] VSCA 102; Farmer v The Queen [2020] VSCA 140; Lombardo v The Queen [2022] VSCA 204; R v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212; DPP v Rinaldi [2016] VCC 1301; DPP v Duffy [2021] VCC 1741; Power v the Queen [2010] VSC 139. Sentence:Total effective sentence of 2 years and 8 months imprisonment, with a non-parole per…

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