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Director of Public Prosecutions v Kur

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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions v Kur [2023] VCC 2425
Case: [2023] VCC 2425
Decision Date: 22 December 2023

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Newton (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] VSCA 22
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…v The Queen [2021] VSCA 78 – Marrah v The Queen [2014] VSCA 119 – Newton v The King [2023] VSCA 22 – DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160 – Sabbatucci v The Queen [2021] VSCA 340 – Lennon v R (2017) 80 MVR 71 – Director of Public Prosecutions v Hill (2012) 223 A Crim R 285 – R v Sherpa [2001] VSCA 145 Sentence: Total e…
Garcia v The The King [2022] NSWCCA 172
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…Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 [116] (Johnson J, Ward JA and Garling J agreeing); Garcia v The King [2022] NSWCCA 172 [134](2)(d) (Walton J, Macfarlan JA and Rothman J agreeing). 66Nonetheless, I have not disregarded the fact it is the single action of driving a motor vehicle in the manner admitted which is relied upon to…
Sabbatucci v The Queen [2021] VSCA 340
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…e King [2023] VSCA 22 – DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160 – Sabbatucci v The Queen [2021] VSCA 340 – Lennon v R (2017) 80 MVR 71 – Director of Public Prosecutions v Hill (2012) 223 A Crim R 285 – R v Sherpa [2001] VSCA 145 Sentence: Total effective sentence – 9 years’ and 6 months’ imprisonment – 6 year non-parole pe…
Rossi v The Queen [2021] VSCA 296
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…75 [29]–[30], [33]–[35] (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Tran v The Queen [2021] VSCA 278 [59] (Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Rossi v The Queen [2021] VSCA 296 [13]–[16], [19] (Priest and T Forrest JJA). 134You have been remanded in custody since 5 July 2022. You spent the first few weeks in custody in hospital becaus…
Jawahiri v The Queen [2021] VSCA 287
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…] [94] [2021] VSCA 160. [95] Ibid [45] (Maxwell P, Kaye, Niall, T Forrest and Emerton JJA). See also Jawahiri v The Queen [2021] VSCA 287 [73(s)] (Priest and T Forrest JJA). 178In applying the Bugmy principle, I do not need to find the disadvantage you suffered was ‘profound’. In Sabbatucci v The Queen (‘ Sabbatuc…
Tran v The Queen [2021] VSCA 278
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…iest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Chenhall v The Queen [2021] VSCA 175 [29]–[30], [33]–[35] (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Tran v The Queen [2021] VSCA 278 [59] (Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Rossi v The Queen [2021] VSCA 296 [13]–[16], [19] (Priest and T Forrest JJA). 134You have been remanded in custody since 5 July…
Russo v The Queen [2021] VSCA 244
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…6, 606–609 [173]–[183] (Redlich, Santamaria and McLeish JJA). See also Williams [21]–[25] (Priest and Kyrou JJA); Russo v The Queen [2021] VSCA 244 [53]–[56] (Emerton JA, Priest JA agreeing). [104] Brown 491 [110]. 187While current sentencing practice under the standard sentence regime is relevant to the sentences…
Director of Public Prosecutions Reference No 1 of 2019 [2021] HCA 26
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…177, 202 [59] (Gageler, Gordon and Steward JJ, Edelman J agreeing). 161These admitted states of mind are sufficient to refute the application of Verdin’s principle 2, and principles 3 and 4, so far as they relate to the effect of your conditions on your mental capacity at the time of the offending. Neither your leve…
Chenhall v The Queen [2021] VSCA 175
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…urt. [57] Worboyes v The Queen (2021) 96 MVR 344, 356–7 [22], [34]–[39], [2021] VSCA 169 (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Chenhall v The Queen [2021] VSCA 175 [29]–[30], [33]–[35] (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Tran v The Queen [2021] VSCA 278 [59] (Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Rossi v The Queen [2021] VSCA 296 [1…
Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169
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…u have saved the witnesses the trauma of having to given evidence in court. [57] Worboyes v The Queen (2021) 96 MVR 344, 356–7 [22], [34]–[39], [2021] VSCA 169 (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Chenhall v The Queen [2021] VSCA 175 [29]–[30], [33]–[35] (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Tran v The Queen [2021] VSCA…
DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160
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…h v The Queen [2014] VSCA 119 – Newton v The King [2023] VSCA 22 – DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160 – Sabbatucci v The Queen [2021] VSCA 340 – Lennon v R (2017) 80 MVR 71 – Director of Public Prosecutions v Hill (2012) 223 A Crim R 285 – R v Sherpa [2001] VSCA 145 Sentence: Total effective sentence – 9 years’ and 6…
Thomas v The Queen [2021] VSCA 97
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…ting to the offending.[72] [72] See also Thomas v The Queen [2021] VSCA 97 [31] (Maxwell P, McLeish and Sifris JJA); Carroll v The Queen [2011] VSCA 150 [17] (Maxwell P, Buchanan JA agreeing); Johnston v The Queen [2013] VSCA 362 [14]–[15] (Redlich JA, Priest JA and Robson AJA agreeing). 156The present case is cl…
Balshaw v The Queen [2021] VSCA 78
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…The Queen [2013] VSCA 362 – Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 – Balshaw v The Queen [2021] VSCA 78 – Marrah v The Queen [2014] VSCA 119 – Newton v The King [2023] VSCA 22 – DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160 – Sabbatucci v The Queen [2021] VSCA 340 – Lennon v R (2017) 80 MVR 71 – Director of Public Prosecutions v…
Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35
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…Keane and Gordon JJ). [102] (2015) 250 A Crim R 282, 292 [30]–[31] (Redlich, Priest and Beach JJA). See also Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35 [21]–[[25] (Priest and Kyrou JJA) (‘ Williams ’). [103] (2016) 53 VR 546, 606–609 [173]–[183] (Redlich, Santamaria and McLeish JJA). See also Williams [21]…
Astbury v The Queen (No 2) [2020] VSCA 158
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…NSWDC 157 [45] (Norrish QC DCJ); Brown (aka Davis) v The Queen [2020] VSCA 60 [48] (Priest and Weinberg JJA); Astbury v The Queen (No 2) [2020] VSCA 158 [33] (Kaye, Niall and Weinberg JJA). 135Your counsel submitted that the injuries you suffered as a result of the collision may be considered as a form of extra c…
R v Kelso [2020] NSWDC 157
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…en more onerous on you than it otherwise would have been.[58] [58] See e.g., The Queen v Madex [2020] VSC 145 [52] (Incerti J); R v Kelso [2020] NSWDC 157 [45] (Norrish QC DCJ); Brown (aka Davis) v The Queen [2020] VSCA 60 [48] (Priest and Weinberg JJA); Astbury v The Queen (No 2) [2020] VSCA 158 [33] (Kaye, Niall…
Zarghami v R [2020] VSCA 74
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…e community need to be given significant weight in my sentencing calculus.[41] [40] Zarghami v The Queen [2020] VSCA 74 (‘ Zarghami ’) [33] (Kaye, T Forrest and Osborn JJA). [41] Marku v The Queen [2012] VSCA 51, [46] (Williams AJA, Buchanan and Bongiorno JJA agreeing); Osborne v The Queen [2018] VSCA 160, [42] (…
Brown v The Queen [2020] VSCA 60
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…e.g., The Queen v Madex [2020] VSC 145 [52] (Incerti J); R v Kelso [2020] NSWDC 157 [45] (Norrish QC DCJ); Brown (aka Davis) v The Queen [2020] VSCA 60 [48] (Priest and Weinberg JJA); Astbury v The Queen (No 2) [2020] VSCA 158 [33] (Kaye, Niall and Weinberg JJA). 135Your counsel submitted that the injuries you s…
Azzopardi v R [2019] NSWCCA 306
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…). [79] Mills 241 (Batt JA, Phillips CJ and Charges JA agreeing); Balshaw v The Queen [2021] VSCA 78 [54]–[57] (Kaye and T Forrest JJA). [80] (2017) 80 MVR 71. [81] Ibid 83 [49] (Weinberg and Santamaria JJA and Kidd AJA). 169Moreover, in Director of Public Prosecutions v Hill [82] the same court observed: Unfortu…
Brown v the Queen [2019] VSCA 286
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…encing Act 1991 (‘ SA ’) s 5A(1). [23] CA s 318(1A). [24] SA s 5(2)(ab). [25] SA s 5A(1)(b). [26] SA s 5B(2)(a). [27] Brown v The Queen (2019) 59 VR 462, 464 [4], (Maxwell P, Priest, Kaye, T Forrest and Emerton JJA) (‘ Brown ’). [28] SA s 5B(3)(b). [29] Brown 464 [4], 479 [55]–[57] (applying Muldrock v The Queen (2…
Brown v The Queen [2019] NSWCCA 269
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…lty.[29] [22] Sentencing Act 1991 (‘ SA ’) s 5A(1). [23] CA s 318(1A). [24] SA s 5(2)(ab). [25] SA s 5A(1)(b). [26] SA s 5B(2)(a). [27] Brown v The Queen (2019) 59 VR 462, 464 [4], (Maxwell P, Priest, Kaye, T Forrest and Emerton JJA) (‘ Brown ’). [28] SA s 5B(3)(b). [29] Brown 464 [4], 479 [55]–[57] (applying Muldrock v Th…
Magedi v The Queen [2019] VSCA 102
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…g you for this offending.[99] [99] Guden v The Queen (2010) 28 VR 288; Magedi v The Queen [2019] VSCA 102 [47], [55]–[60] (Maxwell P and Weinberg JA); Nguyen v The Queen (2016) 261 A Crim R 1, 15–16 [35] ((Redlich JA, Whelan JA agreeing); Allouch v The Queen [2018] VSCA 244 [39] (Beach and Weinberg JJA); Loftus v…
Loftus v The Queen [2019] VSCA 24
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…Allouch v The Queen [2018] VSCA 244 [39] (Beach and Weinberg JJA); Loftus v The Queen [2019] VSCA 24 [65], [79] (Whelan and Niall JJA).…
Allouch v The Queen [2018] VSCA 244
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…16) 261 A Crim R 1, 15–16 [35] ((Redlich JA, Whelan JA agreeing); Allouch v The Queen [2018] VSCA 244 [39] (Beach and Weinberg JJA); Loftus v The Queen [2019] VSCA 24 [65], [79] (Whelan and Niall JJA).…
Osborne v The Queen [2018] VSCA 160
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…Queen [2012] VSCA 51, [46] (Williams AJA, Buchanan and Bongiorno JJA agreeing); Osborne v The Queen [2018] VSCA 160, [42] (Maxwell ACJ, Priest and Kyrou JJA agreeing). 58However, since you also fall to be sentenced on the related summary offence of committing an indictable offence whilst on bail[42] I must avoid…
Crawford (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113
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…giorno AJA agreeing); McCray (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 340 [17]–[18], [29]–[30] (Maxwell P and Croucher AJA; Crawford v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113 [43]–[44] (Maxwell P and Kyrou JA); R v Richard [2011] NSWSC 866 [102]–[109] (Garling J). 2You have also consented to this Court dealing with one transferred…
McCray (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 340
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…Contrary to CA s 22. [3] See R v Jones [2004] VSCA 68 [13] (Charles JA, Phillips JA and Bongiorno AJA agreeing); McCray (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 340 [17]–[18], [29]–[30] (Maxwell P and Croucher AJA; Crawford v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113 [43]–[44] (Maxwell P and Kyrou JA); R v Richard [2011] NSWSC 866 […
Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2017] HCA 41
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…standard sentencing regime on 1 February 2018.[104] [100] (2016) 259 CLR 256, 266–8 [21]–[25] (Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle and Gordon JJ). [101] (2017) 262 CLR 428 (Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Keane and Gordon JJ). [102] (2015) 250 A Crim R 282, 292 [30]–[31] (Redlich, Priest and Beach JJA). See also Williams (a pseud…
Stephens v The Queen [2016] VSCA 121
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…54 MVR 543, 563 [66]–[68] (Maxwell P, Buchanan and Ashley JJA). See also Stephens v The Queen (2016) 50 VR 740, 745 [20] (Redlich, Santamaria, Beach JJA). 64For the reasons previously adumbrated your driving was extremely reckless and the nature and degree of the risk you created by the manner in which you drove w…
Nguyen v The Queen [2016] HCA 17
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…VR 288; Magedi v The Queen [2019] VSCA 102 [47], [55]–[60] (Maxwell P and Weinberg JA); Nguyen v The Queen (2016) 261 A Crim R 1, 15–16 [35] ((Redlich JA, Whelan JA agreeing); Allouch v The Queen [2018] VSCA 244 [39] (Beach and Weinberg JJA); Loftus v The Queen [2019] VSCA 24 [65], [79] (Whelan and Niall JJA).…
R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183
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…ng this offence.[46] [46] See R v Richard [2011] NSWSC 866 [65(f)] (Garling J); R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 [116] (Johnson J, Ward JA and Garling J agreeing); Garcia v The King [2022] NSWCCA 172 [134](2)(d) (Walton J, Macfarlan JA and Rothman J agreeing). 66Nonetheless, I have not disregarded the fact it is the s…
Wright v The Queen [2015] QSC 178
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…agreeing); Wright v The Queen (2015) 257 A Crim R 261, 271–274 [41]–[53] (Maxwell P, Redlich and Osborn JJA) (‘ Wright ’). 158Your counsel did not suggest any exceptional circumstances are present in your case which would apply to reduce your moral culpability in light of your very high level of intoxication at the time of…
Marrah v The Queen [2014] VSCA 119
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…he Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 – Balshaw v The Queen [2021] VSCA 78 – Marrah v The Queen [2014] VSCA 119 – Newton v The King [2023] VSCA 22 – DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160 – Sabbatucci v The Queen [2021] VSCA 340 – Lennon v R (2017) 80 MVR 71 – Director of Public Prosecutions v Hill (2012) 223 A Crim R 285 – R v She…
Pasznyk v The Queen [2014] VSCA 87
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…rson may result from your driving increases your moral culpability above that observed in many other cases of this type. [31] Pasznyk v The Queen (2014) 43 VR 169, 182 [57] (Priest JA, Redlich JA agreeing). See also DPP v Reid (2020) 94 MVR 103, 117 [55] and fn 21 (Priest, T Forrest and Weinberg JJA). [32] Ibid. 50In determi…
The Queen v Putra Hendra [2014] ACTSC 102
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…aye, T Forrest and Emerton JJA) (‘ Brown ’). [28] SA s 5B(3)(b). [29] Brown 464 [4], 479 [55]–[57] (applying Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120, 132 [27] ((French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ). 48The prosecution particularised recklessness as the mental element in the category of culpab…
Dang v The Queen [2014] VSCA 49
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…Charles JA agreeing), 332–333 [22]–[24] (Vincent JA). See also Dang v The Queen [2014] VSCA 49 [51]–[57] Tate JA (Weinberg JA agreeing). [48] R v Lacey [2006] VSCA 4 [24] (Vincent JA, Callaway and Chernov JJA agreeing); R v King [2007] VSCA 38 [7] (Redlich JA, Vincent JA and Habersberger AJA agreeing); R v Singh…
Khoja v The Queen [2014] VSCA 9
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…your driving increases your moral culpability above that observed in many other cases of this type. [31] Pasznyk v The Queen (2014) 43 VR 169, 182 [57] (Priest JA, Redlich JA agreeing). See also DPP v Reid (2020) 94 MVR 103, 117 [55] and fn 21 (Priest, T Forrest and Weinberg JJA). [32] Ibid. 50In determining an ap…
Johnston v The Queen [2013] VSCA 362
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…– DPP v King (2008) 187 A Crim R 219 – R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 – Johnston v The Queen [2013] VSCA 362 – Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 – Balshaw v The Queen [2021] VSCA 78 – Marrah v The Queen [2014] VSCA 119 – Newton v The King [2023] VSCA 22 – DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160 – Sabbatucci v The Queen […
Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37
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…– R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 – Johnston v The Queen [2013] VSCA 362 – Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 – Balshaw v The Queen [2021] VSCA 78 – Marrah v The Queen [2014] VSCA 119 – Newton v The King [2023] VSCA 22 – DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160 – Sabbatucci v The Queen [2021] VSCA 340 – Lennon v R (2017) 80 MVR…
Board v The Queen [2013] VSCA 190
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…ee in the context of the analogous offence of dangerous driving causing death: Board v The Queen [2013] VSCA 190 [34](3) (Maxwell ACJ, Buchanan JA agreeing) citing Towle v The Queen (2009) 54 MVR 543, 563 [66]–[68] (Maxwell P, Buchanan and Ashley JJA). See also Stephens v The Queen (2016) 50 VR 740, 745 [20] (Redl…
Bonacci v The Queen [2012] VSCA 170
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…55 (Winneke P, Tadgell JA agreeing); R v Gillick [2000] VSCA 127 [20] (Callaway JA, Chernov JA agreeing). [64] Barbaro 365–66 [38], [40]; Bonacci v The Queen (2012) 224 A Crim R 194, 202 [44] (Neave, Mandie and Harper JJA). 140In Phillips v The Queen [65] Harper JA observed that ‘genuine remorse’: indicates realistic prospec…
Phillips v The Queen [2012] VSCA 140
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…y – in the form of a very substantial reduction in what would otherwise be an appropriate sentence – is very likely due.[66] [65] (2012) 37 VR 594. [66] 621 [101]. 141Ms Hall opines you expressed genuine remorse about the outcome of your offending, and that during your assessment you said, ‘I feel very bad … like a…
Marku v The Queen [2012] VSCA 51
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…he Queen [2020] VSCA 74 (‘ Zarghami ’) [33] (Kaye, T Forrest and Osborn JJA). [41] Marku v The Queen [2012] VSCA 51, [46] (Williams AJA, Buchanan and Bongiorno JJA agreeing); Osborne v The Queen [2018] VSCA 160, [42] (Maxwell ACJ, Priest and Kyrou JJA agreeing). 58However, since you also fall to be sentenced on t…
Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372
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…5 VR 43 (‘ Azzopardi ’). [79] Mills 241 (Batt JA, Phillips CJ and Charges JA agreeing); Balshaw v The Queen [2021] VSCA 78 [54]–[57] (Kaye and T Forrest JJA). [80] (2017) 80 MVR 71. [81] Ibid 83 [49] (Weinberg and Santamaria JJA and Kidd AJA). 169Moreover, in Director of Public Prosecutions v Hill [82] the same court observed…
Singh v The Queen [2011] VSCA 317
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…VSCA 38 [7] (Redlich JA, Vincent JA and Habersberger AJA agreeing); R v Singh [2011] VSCA 317 [11] (Neave and Hansen JJA and Beach AJA). 67My conclusion is that these are very serious examples of culpable driving causing death and conduct endangering life. Both offences involved a high degree of moral culpability…
Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39
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…(Maxwell P, Priest, Kaye, T Forrest and Emerton JJA) (‘ Brown ’). [28] SA s 5B(3)(b). [29] Brown 464 [4], 479 [55]–[57] (applying Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120, 132 [27] ((French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ). 48The prosecution particularised recklessness as the mental element in the catego…
R v Richard [2011] NSWSC 866
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…340 [17]–[18], [29]–[30] (Maxwell P and Croucher AJA; Crawford v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113 [43]–[44] (Maxwell P and Kyrou JA); R v Richard [2011] NSWSC 866 [102]–[109] (Garling J). 2You have also consented to this Court dealing with one transferred related summary offence of committing an indictable offence whilst…
Carroll v The Queen [2011] VSCA 150
Citation 48

…1] (Maxwell P, McLeish and Sifris JJA); Carroll v The Queen [2011] VSCA 150 [17] (Maxwell P, Buchanan JA agreeing); Johnston v The Queen [2013] VSCA 362 [14]–[15] (Redlich JA, Priest JA and Robson AJA agreeing). 156The present case is closely similar. It was your ‘very significant state of intoxication’, your exce…
Guden v The Queen [2010] VSCA 196
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…o account in your favour in sentencing you for this offending.[99] [99] Guden v The Queen (2010) 28 VR 288; Magedi v The Queen [2019] VSCA 102 [47], [55]–[60] (Maxwell P and Weinberg JA); Nguyen v The Queen (2016) 261 A Crim R 1, 15–16 [35] ((Redlich JA, Whelan JA agreeing); Allouch v The Queen [2018] VSCA 244 [39]…
R v Towle [2009] VSCA 280
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…sing death: Board v The Queen [2013] VSCA 190 [34](3) (Maxwell ACJ, Buchanan JA agreeing) citing Towle v The Queen (2009) 54 MVR 543, 563 [66]–[68] (Maxwell P, Buchanan and Ashley JJA). See also Stephens v The Queen (2016) 50 VR 740, 745 [20] (Redlich, Santamaria, Beach JJA). 64For the reasons previously adumbrated your dr…

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