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Director of Public Prosecutions v Wright & Evans

Case [2023] VCC 375

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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions v Wright [2023] VCC 375
Case: [2023] VCC 375
Decision Date: 1 March 2023 & 17 March 2023

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Director of Public Prosecutions v Wright [2023] VCC 375

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Wright v The King [2023] VSCA 243

Cases Citing This Decision

Wright v The King [2023] VSCA 243
Citation 1 (Para 2)

…ten submissions from both parties, on the adjourned date the judge sentenced the applicant and Ms Evans as set out above.[7] [7] DPP v Wright [2023] VCC 375 (‘Reasons’).…

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Adkins v The King [2023] VSCA 23
Citation 1

…[2013] HCA 37; DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160; Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105; DPP v Lombardo [2022] VSCA 204; Adkins v The King [2023] VSCA 23 Sentence: Brendan Wright : TES – 30 months’ imprisonment; non-parole period 15 months s 6AAA -3 years and 4 months’ imprisonment; non-parole period 22 months…
Newton (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] VSCA 22
Citation 2

…ed in that way.’[39] [38] See generally discussion in Direction of Public Prosecutions v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160 , [36]; Newton v The King [2023] VSCA 22, [36]. [39] Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37, [40]. 62The second – more specific – proposition is as follows: i.‘An offender's childhood exposure to extreme vio…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Lombardo [2022] VSCA 204
Citation 3

…[2011] VSCA 372; Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160; Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105; DPP v Lombardo [2022] VSCA 204; Adkins v The King [2023] VSCA 23 Sentence: Brendan Wright : TES – 30 months’ imprisonment; non-parole period 15 months s 6AAA -3 years and 4 months’ imprisonment;…
DPP v Keller (a pseudonym) [2021] VSCA 334
Citation 4 (Para 68)

…ich are the subject of the intended appeal. The total effective sentence is not a ‘sentence’ for this purpose. [72] [2021] VSCA 334 at [68]. 105At paragraph [68] of the judgment in Keller , the Court observed that s 44(1) of the Sentencing Act 1991 ‘authorises a court to make a CCO in addition to a sentence of imp…
Peers v The Queen [2021] VSCA 264
Citation 5 (Para 52)

…is ‘substantially and materially’ reduced by that reason. This is a higher hurdle than that set by Verdins.[55] [55] Peers v The Queen [2021] VSCA 264 at [52]. Although the Court was there considering paragraph (c)(ii), the phrase ‘substantially and materially’ appears in both sub-paragraphs. 81Similarly, I do no…
Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169
Citation 6

…gly.[31] In addition, by pleading guilty I consider that you have both displayed some degree of remorse for your offending. [31] Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169 at 35 & 39. 56The relative youth of Mr Wright and Ms Evans is also a significant consideration in this sentencing exercise. 57In the case of R v Mill…
DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160
Citation 7

…wden [2016] VSCA 283; R v Mills [1998] 4 VR 235; Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372; Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160; Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105; DPP v Lombardo [2022] VSCA 204; Adkins v The King [2023] VSCA 23 Sentence: Brendan Wright : TES – 30 months’ imprisonment; n…
Kovacevic v The Queen [2021] VSCA 49
Citation 8 (Para 53)

…where the circumstances warrant it’. This is because ‘justice and humanity walk together’.[54] [53] Kovacevic v The Queen [2021] VSCA 49 at [53]. [54] Akoka v The Queen [2017] VSCA 214 at [74]. 74I am satisfied that the onerous test of ‘exceptional hardship’ is made out in your case Ms Evans. The deleterious impa…
Taleb v The Queen [2020] VSCA 329
Citation 9 (Para 33)

…to sentencing courts - and to would-be offenders - as to how seriously such offending is to be viewed.’[8] [6] Taleb v The Queen [2020] VSCA 329 at [33]. [7] [2020] VSCA 329. [8] [2020] VSCA 329 at [33]. 23As is apparent from the charges before the court, Mr Wright’s overall moral culpability is greater than that…
DPP v Wol [2019] VSCA 268
Citation 10 (Para 60)

…charges 2 and 3 respectively, these acts are also not to be regarded as aggravating features of the offence.[4] [4] See generally R v Wol Wol [2019] VSCA 268 at [60]. 20On the other hand, I note that it is not open for me to make any inferential findings as to the instigation of this offence. The prosecution submi…
Donohue v The Queen [2019] VSCA 160
Citation 11 (Para 82)

…te doubling up’ of this mitigation with the discount afforded by the application of the Bugmy principles.[48] [48] DPP v Herrmann [2019] VSCA 160 at [82]; R v Nolan [2020] VSC 416 at [43]. 68I also consider that limb 5 of Verdins has application in this case. In relation to limb 5, Ms Cidoni states that imprisonme…
Akoka v The Queen [2017] VSCA 214
Citation 12 (Para 53)

…cause ‘justice and humanity walk together’.[54] [53] Kovacevic v The Queen [2021] VSCA 49 at [53]. [54] Akoka v The Queen [2017] VSCA 214 at [74]. 74I am satisfied that the onerous test of ‘exceptional hardship’ is made out in your case Ms Evans. The deleterious impact on the health of Ms Mato is considerably more…
DPP v Bowden [2016] VSCA 283
Citation 13

…ion Cited: Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic); Crimes Act 1958 (Vic); Bail Act 1977 (Vic) Cases Cited: R v Hogarth [2012] VSCA 314; DPP v Bowden [2016] VSCA 283; R v Mills [1998] 4 VR 235; Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372; Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160; Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSC…
Marrah v The Queen [2014] VSCA 119
Citation 14

…viour, I give them due weight in the sentencing calculus.[42] [41] Report of Ms Gina Cidoni dated 11 January 2023, [106]. [42] Marrah v The Queen [2014] VSCA 119, [16]. 64These considerations are complicated by your complex mental health presentation. Ms Cidoni diagnoses you with borderline personality disorder, p…
Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37
Citation 15

…arth [2012] VSCA 314; DPP v Bowden [2016] VSCA 283; R v Mills [1998] 4 VR 235; Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372; Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160; Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105; DPP v Lombardo [2022] VSCA 204; Adkins v The King [2023] VSCA 23 Sentence: Brendan Wright :…
Macfie v The Queen [2012] VSCA 314
Citation 16

…e Sentencing Act 1991 Legislation Cited: Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic); Crimes Act 1958 (Vic); Bail Act 1977 (Vic) Cases Cited: R v Hogarth [2012] VSCA 314; DPP v Bowden [2016] VSCA 283; R v Mills [1998] 4 VR 235; Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372; Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160; M…
Phillips v The Queen [2012] VSCA 140
Citation 17

…criminal justice system, and vindicated public confidence in the legal processes established to protect the community.[30] [30] Phillips v The Queen [2012] VSCA 140 at 38. 55In the context of the ongoing disruption inflicted upon the courts by the COVID-19 pandemic, your pleas are of particular utilitarian value…
Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372
Citation 18

…Act 1977 (Vic) Cases Cited: R v Hogarth [2012] VSCA 314; DPP v Bowden [2016] VSCA 283; R v Mills [1998] 4 VR 235; Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372; Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160; Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105; DPP v Lombardo [2022] VSCA 204; Adkins v The King [2023] VS…
Pavicevic v The Queen [2010] ACTCA 25
Citation 19

…on the part of the more heavily sentenced co-offender that justice has not been done will amount to a sentencing error.[78] [78] Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606. 112There are several differences between the circumstances of the two offenders. Mr Wright’s moral culpability is greater; he has a more concerning crim…
Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105
Citation 20

…4 VR 235; Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372; Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160; Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105; DPP v Lombardo [2022] VSCA 204; Adkins v The King [2023] VSCA 23 Sentence: Brendan Wright : TES – 30 months’ imprisonment; non-parole period 15 months s 6AAA -3 y…
R v Esposito [2009] VSCA 277
Citation 21 (Para 14)

…onal that ‘it would be, in effect, inhuman’ to take it into account.[52] [51] Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105. [52] R v Esposito [2009] VSCA 277 at [14]. 73The principle is applied ‘as an exercise of mercy properly extended by the court in such a case’.[53] The Court of Appeal has recognised that ‘there must…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
Citation 22

…se of Verdins v The Queen[13] as a mitigating factor in your case. [12] Report of Sandra Cokorilo dated 17 January 2023, 92, 87. [13] (2007) 16 VR 269. 30The court received two character references about you. Your former employer, Mark Fox of Yarra Valley Caviar enjoyed having you as part of his work team in 2022.[…
Lowe v The Queen [2005] NZCA 178
Citation 23

…se of grievance’ on the part of the more heavily sentenced co-offender that justice has not been done will amount to a sentencing error.[78] [78] Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606. 112There are several differences between the circumstances of the two offenders. Mr Wright’s moral culpability is greater; he has a more con…
DPP v Lawrence [2004] VSCA 154
Citation 24

…VSCA 372, [38] citing R v Wright [1998] VSCA 84, [6]. [35] Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372. [36] Director of Public Prosecutions v Lawrence [2004] VSCA 154, [22].…
R v Wright [1998] VSCA 84
Citation 25

…c); Crimes Act 1958 (Vic); Bail Act 1977 (Vic) Cases Cited: R v Hogarth [2012] VSCA 314; DPP v Bowden [2016] VSCA 283; R v Mills [1998] 4 VR 235; Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372; Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160; Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105; DPP v Lombardo [2022…
R v Nolan [2020] VSC 416
Citation 26 (Para 82)

…with the discount afforded by the application of the Bugmy principles.[48] [48] DPP v Herrmann [2019] VSCA 160 at [82]; R v Nolan [2020] VSC 416 at [43]. 68I also consider that limb 5 of Verdins has application in this case. In relation to limb 5, Ms Cidoni states that imprisonment will weigh more heavily upon yo…
DPP v Ballan [2020] VCC 883
Citation 27

…n should not be applied’.[63] In Ballan, the moral culpability of the offender was assessed as ‘low to mid-range’.[64] [62] [2020] VCC 883. [63] [2020] VCC 883 at [76]. [64] [2020] VCC 883 at [59]. 88I have applied s 5(2H) in the same way. I have not assumed that because you meet the ‘exceptional family hardship’…

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