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DPP v Condo
[2019] VSCA 181
Citation 1
…tice is, as the Court said, not a 'controlling factor', it cannot be ignored. See the reference also to that concept at paragraph 20 of DPP v Condo [2019] VSCA 181. 59Trafficking in methamphetamine is a prevalent offence, which means that the weight to be afforded general deterrence should be increased, such offen…
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Semaan v The Queen
[2017] VSCA 279
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…riors – Imprisonment – Non parole period Cases Cited: R v Lacey [2007] VSCA 196 - R v Hammond [1996] 2 Qd R 195 DPP v Dalgleish (2017) ALJR 91 - Gregory (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] 268 A Crim R 1 - Fernando v The Queen [2017] VSCA 208 - Akoka v The Queen [2017] VSCA 214 - DPP v Bourke [2020] VSC 130 - R v RH…
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Akoka v The Queen
[2017] VSCA 214
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…7) ALJR 91 - Gregory (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] 268 A Crim R 1 - Fernando v The Queen [2017] VSCA 208 - Akoka v The Queen [2017] VSCA 214 - DPP v Bourke [2020] VSC 130 - R v RHMcL (2003) CLR 452 Sentence:Global total effective sentence for both indictment numbers of five years imprisonment…
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Fernando v The Queen
[2017] VSCA 208
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…996] 2 Qd R 195 DPP v Dalgleish (2017) ALJR 91 - Gregory (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] 268 A Crim R 1 - Fernando v The Queen [2017] VSCA 208 - Akoka v The Queen [2017] VSCA 214 - DPP v Bourke [2020] VSC 130 - R v RHMcL (2003) CLR 452 Sentence:Global total effective sentence for both indictment numbers of five y…
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Azzopardi v The Queen
[2011] VSCA 372
Citation 5
…e'. 71I note Ms Marcou’s submission to the Court as to totality, the reference to the principles set out in Azzopardi v The [2011] VSCA 372, [61], s.5 of the Sentencing Act as to parsimony and the general principles that relate to rehabilitation, especially when one is dealing with a relatively young man. 72On the…
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Nguyen v The Queen
[2010] VSCA 127
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…ccurred (see Condo , [50]). 61Both of these offences are inherently serious given the maximum penalty prescribed. In the case of Nguyen v The Queen [2010] VSCA 127 the Court said the following, firstly, at [18]: 'As has been regularly pointed out in sentencing decisions, this is an offence for which Parliament has…
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R v Koumis
[2008] VSCA 84
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…e such into account and consideration I also, at the time, referred Ms Marcou to the determination of the Court of Appeal in Victoria in R v Koumis [2008] VSCA 84, [50]. That case notes, which I indeed take into account, the need for differentiation in regard to offenders where the offending is solely to feed a h…
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R v Lacey
[2007] VSCA 196
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…y – Texas Hold’em – Reward money – Substance abuse issues – No priors – Imprisonment – Non parole period Cases Cited: R v Lacey [2007] VSCA 196 - R v Hammond [1996] 2 Qd R 195 DPP v Dalgleish (2017) ALJR 91 - Gregory (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] 268 A Crim R 1 - Fernando v The Queen [2017] VSCA 208 - Akoka v T…
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DPP v Duong
[2006] VSCA 78
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…set the highest fixed maximum in the criminal calendar; 25 years' imprisonment', and it noted what Buchanan JA had said in the case of DPP v Duong [2006] VSCA 78 that 'the maximum of 25 years shows unambiguously how seriously the community, through the Parliament, views this conduct'. 62The Court went on, at [19…
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DPP v Bourke
[2020] VSC 130
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…ym) v The Queen [2017] 268 A Crim R 1 - Fernando v The Queen [2017] VSCA 208 - Akoka v The Queen [2017] VSCA 214 - DPP v Bourke [2020] VSC 130 - R v RHMcL (2003) CLR 452 Sentence:Global total effective sentence for both indictment numbers of five years imprisonment…