Camara v The Queen
[2019] VSCA 207
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…her the nature or the seriousness of the conduct you contemplated and acted out. It cannot act in appreciable moderation of the sentence ( R v Cusack [2019] VSCA 207 ). 57I do, however, take into account in your favour your effort in relation to counselling which you have undertaken. I do not consider that this is…
R v Grossi
[2008] VSCA 51
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…lying motive and partial explanation falls here, far short of a condition which is causative or which impairs the offender's judgment (see R v Grossi [2008] VSCA 51 ). 56Your gambling may be indirectly and only partially responsible for the offending conduct but the decision to offend was not the consequence of t…
R v Do
[2007] VSCA 308
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…have had opportunities to address your addiction. The offence was premeditated and planned, perhaps not too well but planned nevertheless (see R v Do [2007] VSCA 308 ). 54The offence was not committed to feed a gambling addiction. The connection or nexus here is primarily temporal but not causative in any sense. Y…
R v Galletta
[2007] VSCA 177
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…e where a gambling addiction has a significant effect upon the importance of general deterrence (see R v Martin (1994) 74 A Crim R 252 ; R v Galletta [2007] VSCA 177 ). 51When offences of dishonesty are committed and where an arson is committed as here in order to free the accused of the burden of a failing busine…
R v Petrovic
[1998] VSCA 95
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…ng to the nature of the case (see Pasco (Unreported, 29 April 1998, Victorian Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeal) and Petrovic [1998] VSCA 95) ; (see also Cavallin (Unreported, 24 July 1996, Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Criminal Appeal) .…