McCormick v Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia

The appellant in this case, Orlando Fechin McCormick, appealed against his sentence of 8 months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, for two charges of assaulting public officers. The appellant also challenged the fines imposed for other charges. The appellant argued that the sentencing magistrate had failed to discount the sentence imposed to reflect his guilty pleas and that the sentences imposed for the assault charges were manifestly excessive as to type. The court held that none of the grounds of appeal had a reasonable prospect of success. The court found that the sentences imposed for the assault charges were not manifestly excessive and that the magistrate had taken the appellant's guilty pleas into account. The court refused leave to appeal and dismissed the appeal.