Bruce v The Queen
[2022] VSCA 100
Citation 1
…ssing firearms under the Firearm Prohibition Order ('FPO') that had been served on you in March 2021. As was stated by the court in Bruce v The Queen [2022] VSCA 100: As to general deterrence, the purpose of the FPO scheme is to promote community safety by ensuring that weapons do not fall into the wrong hands. It…
Matamata v The Queen
[2021] VSCA 253
Citation 2
…ter may revoke the cancellation if satisfied that there is a reason to do so and the person may seek to review the decision (see Matamata v The Queen [2021] VSCA 253). As the Court stated in Akot v The Queen ([2020] VSCA 55): the potential for an offender to be deported at the completion of a sentence is relevant…
Akot v The Queen
[2020] VSCA 55
Citation 3
…a reason to do so and the person may seek to review the decision (see Matamata v The Queen [2021] VSCA 253). As the Court stated in Akot v The Queen ([2020] VSCA 55): the potential for an offender to be deported at the completion of a sentence is relevant to sentencing in two ways. First, the prospect of deportat…
Chief Commissioner of Police v Colin Websdale
[2019] VSCA 305
Citation 4
…send a strong message to others who might be tempted to disregard an FPO to which they are subject (see also: Chief Commissioner of Police v Websdale [2019] VSCA 305 (17 December 2019)…
Konamala v The Queen
[2016] VSCA 48
Citation 5
…76Relevant matters include whether an offender has established ties to the Australian community (see Konamala v The Queen [2016] VSCA 48). 77In your case, I accept the two limbs have application and that the prospect of deportation is of some significance. You have resided in this country since the age of five. Y…
Berichon v The Queen
[2013] VSCA 319
Citation 6
…e for breaching intervention orders, it is not suggested that this firearm was used by you in any way in relation to those offences (see Berichon v R [2013] VSCA 319). However, as discussed at the plea hearing, the offending is serious and I do take into account in my overall assessment of the gravity of it, that…
R v Swingler
[2001] VSCA 26
Citation 7
…tipulate a commencement date for the Commonwealth matter and in my reading of the cases and understanding and it's DPP v Swingler [2001] VSCA 26, where the Court of Appeal referred to the complexities but I trust that this sentence is not as complex as some others, given it's a straight term. All I'm wanting to d…
Mill v The Queen
[1988] HCA 70
Citation 8
…articular, occurring on the same day and arising from the same search on your premises. The effect of the totality principle is to ( Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70): …require a sentencer who has passed a series of sentences, each properly calculated in relation to the offence for which it is imposed and each pro…