Wass v Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia
[2024] WASC 391
Para 2
…been enunciated in this court on a number of occasions, including Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; and Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385. Counsel for the appellant also drew the court's attention to the Victorian case of R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; (2007) 16 V…
Kelly v The State of Western Australia
[2024] WASCA 116
…[2020] WASCA 188 The State of Western Australia v Wilson [2015] WASCA 119 The State of Western Australia v Wynne [2024] WASCA 20 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 Transport Publishing Co Pty Ltd v The Literature Board of Review [1956] HCA 73; (1956) 99 CLR 111 Veen v The Queen [1979] HC…
Austin v The State of Western Australia
[2023] WASCA 191
Para 3
…a v Khasay ;[20] IEB v The State of Western Australia .[21] [15] Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442. [16] Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385. [17] Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35. [18] Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105. [19] S…
Melville v The King
[2023] NSWCCA 284
Para 21
…etermined the appeals jointly, dismissing the conviction appeal and allowing the Crown appeal against sentence : VIM v The State of Western Australia [2005] WASCA 223. The Court of Appeal concluded that the sentence imposed at first instance had failed to adequately reflect the seriousness of the offences and faile…
Cameron v The State of Western Australia
[2023] WASCA 149
Para 12
…been enunciated in this court on a number of occasions, including Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; and Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385. Counsel for the appellant also drew the court's attention to the Victorian case of R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; (2007) 16 V…
Nannup v The State of Western Australia
[2021] WASCA 140
Para 3
…en enunciated in this court on a number of occasions, including Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; and Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385. Counsel for the appellant also drew the court's attention to the Victorian case of R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; (2007) 16 VR…
Hiemstra v The State of Western Australia
[2021] WASCA 96
Para 5
…ralia v Khasay ;[6] IEB v The State of Western Australia .[7] [1] Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442. [2] Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385. [3] Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35. [4] Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105. [5] Smit…
Nguyen v Wyk
[2021] WASC 66
Para 10
…illness may mean that a given sentence will weigh more heavily on the prisoner than it would on a person in normal health. [22] Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35; Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105; Gok v The Queen [2010] WASCA 185. [23] R…
Bogers v The State of Western Australia
[2020] WASCA 174
Para 2
…principles are derived from the statements made by the Victorian Court of Appeal in R v Tsiaras [58] and R v Verdins .[59] [52] Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223. [53] F v The State of Western Australia [2008] WASCA 100. [54] Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35. [55] Wheeler v The Quee…
Walker v Saunders
[2020] WASC 229
Para 8
…illness may mean that a given sentence will weigh more heavily on the prisoner than it would on a person in normal health. [56] Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35; Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] 2010 WASCA 105; Gok v The State of Western Australia [2010]…
Read v The Queen
[2020] WASCA 56
Para 5
…anah and Beard was plainly more serious than the present case and are, for the purpose of comparison, of little assistance. [50] Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223. [51] R v Baunach [1999] QCA 207.…
Stamatopoulos v The Queen
[2018] WASCA 148
Para 2
…en ;[60] Bransby v The Queen ;[61] and Dwayhi v The Queen ; Bechara v The Queen .[62] [56] Ly v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 28. [57] Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223. [58] Ramanah v The Queen [2006] WASCA 112. [59] R v Baunach [1999] QCA 207. [60] Gok v The Queen [2010] WASCA 185. [61] Bransby v The Queen [2010] W…
The State of Western Australia v Darroch
[2018] WASCA 114
Para 2
…mental impairment in the exercise of the sentencing discretion has been explained in a number of cases in this court, including Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35; Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105; Gok v The Queen…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Karklins
[2018] TASCCA 6
Para 1
…no proper basis for giving general deterrence a more limited operation in fixing penalty: Groenewege v Tasmania [2013] TASCCA 7; Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223, 157 A Crim R 385.…
Mason v The State of Western Australia
[2018] WASCA 43
…1996] 1 VR 398 Squance v The State of Western Australia [2018] WASCA 25 The State of Western Australia v Malone [2015] WASCA 188 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385…
LWD v The State of Western Australia
[2017] WASCA 174
Para 1
…ental impairment in the exercise of the sentencing discretion has been explained in a number of cases in this court, including Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35; Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105; Gok v The Queen [2…
MacCauley v The State of Western Australia [No 2]
[2017] WASCA 65
Para 4
…iminal Appeal and this court on numerous occasions. See, for example, Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35; Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105; Smith v The Stat…
Vucemillo v The State of Western Australia
[2017] WASCA 37
…mental impairment in the exercise of the sentencing discretion has been explained in a number of cases in this court, including Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35; Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105; Gok v The Queen…
Suleiman v The State of Western Australia
[2017] WASCA 26
Para 5
…iminal Appeal and this court on numerous occasions. See, for example, Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35; Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105; Smith v The Stat…
Waters v Wigger
[2016] WASC 377
…4] WASCA 210 The State of Western Australia v O'Brien [2007] WASC 292 The State of Western Australia v Thompson [2014] WASCA 108 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 Trinh v The Queen [2013] WASCA 258 Trompler v The State of Western Australia [2008] WASCA 265 Truslove v The State of Wester…
LCM v The State of Western Australia
[2016] WASCA 164
Para 1
…been enunciated in this court on a number of occasions, including Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; and Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385. Counsel for the appellant also drew the court's attention to the Victorian case of R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; (2007) 16 V…
Corpus v Roseveare
[2015] WASC 165
…189 CLR 295 R v Marston (1993) 60 SASR 320 R v Tsiaras (1996) 1 VR 398 Roffey v The State of Western Australia [2007] WASCA 246 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105…
Snook v The State of Western Australia [No 2]
[2015] WASCA 29
…955] Tas SR 144 Snook v The State of Western Australia [2014] WASCA 134 The State of Western Australia v Silich [2011] WASCA 135 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 Webster v The Queen [2015] WASCA 20 Wilhelm v The State of Western Australia [2013] WASCA 188 Wright v McMurchy [2012] WASCA…
Pilling v The State of Western Australia
[2014] WASCA 146
…a [2011] WASCA 173 The State of Western Australia v Drew [2012] WASCA 86 The State of Western Australia v Eades [2011] WASCA 157 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 Topic v The State of Western Australia [2013] WASCA 157 Turnbull v The State of Western Australia [2013] WASCA 5 Wheeler v T…
The State of Western Australia v Khasay
[2014] WASCA 58
Para 8
…iminal Appeal and this court on numerous occasions. See, for example, Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35.…
Durward v Clark
[2013] WASC 468
Para 1
…principles have been enunciated in this court on a number of occasions, including Lauritsen v R [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; and Thompson v R [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385. Counsel for the appellant also drew the court's attention to the Victorian case of R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; (2007) 16 V…
KWLD v The State of Western Australia [No 4]
[2013] WASCA 185
…ee [2008] WASCA 150 The State of Western Australia v Munda [2012] WASCA 164 The State of Western Australia v SJH [2010] WASCA 40 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 Van Doorn v The State of Western Australia [2008] WASCA 177 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 Wheeler v The Queen [No 2]…
Guerrero v Dickson
[2013] WASC 246
Para 3
…Mental illness can be relevant in sentencing in a number of different ways. The issue has been considered in Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; F v The State of Western Australia [2008] WASCA 100; (2008) 184 A Crim R 125; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35; Whe…
Wells v The State of Western Australia
[2013] WASCA 124
…[2010] WASCA 35 Rolfe v The State of Western Australia [2012] WASCA 169 Smith v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 176 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223 Wainwright v The State of Western Australia [2005] WASCA 250 Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105…
McNamara v The State of Western Australia
[2013] WASCA 63
…2009) 40 WAR 414 The State of Western Australia v Munda [2012] WASCA 164 The State of Western Australia v Walley [2008] WASCA 12 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 TXT v The State of Western Australia [2012] WASCA 28 Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] [2010] WASCA 105 Wicks v The Queen (1989) 3…
Samson v The State of Western Australia
[2011] WASCA 173
…e of Western Australia v Akizuki [2008] WASCA 267 The State of Western Australia v Higgins [2008] WASCA 157; (2008) A Crim R 302 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 Vagh v The State of Western Australia [2007] WASCA 17 Victor v The State of Western Australia [2011] WASCA 94 VIM v The Stat…
A v Price
[2011] WASC 121
Para 13
…sentence were less appropriate vehicles for general deterrence: R v Lauritson (2000) 114 A Crim R 333 346 ‑ 349 (Malcolm CJ); Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223. In my view, the magistrate failed to give consideration to this reduced relevance of personal and general deterrence and thereby fell into error.…
Yuksel v Marchesani
[2011] WASC 57
Para 3
…In my view, this is a case where the comments in Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223 are applicable. It was said there that, without wishing to diminish the importance of factors that were considered by the psychologist in that case and the importance of such factors on human behaviour, the sad truth is that prob…
Papas v The State of Western Australia
[2011] WASCA 3
Para 2
…The legal principles on this subject have been comprehensively addressed in this jurisdiction in the past five years: see Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35 (approving R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; (2007) 16 VR 269) and Wheeler…
McAlinden v Clifton
[2010] WASC 387
Para 2
…n the exercise of the sentencing discretion has been explained in a number of cases in this court over recent times, including Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; F v The State of Western Australia [2008] WASCA 100; (2008) 184 A Crim R 125; Krijestorac …; Wheeler v The Queen [No 2] … All…
Gok v The Queen
[2010] WASCA 185
Para 5
…in the exercise of the sentencing discretion has been explained in a number of cases in this court over recent times, including Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; F v The State of Western Australia [2008] WASCA 100; (2008) 184 A Crim R 125; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia…
Pedersen v The State of Western Australia
[2010] WASCA 175
Para 11
…peal and this court on several occasions. See, for example, Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35. The effect of mental illness or psychological difficulties (falling sho…
Smith v The State of Western Australia
[2010] WASCA 176
Para 2
…riminal Appeal and this court on several occasions. See, for example, Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385; Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35.…
R v Baldock
[2010] WASCA 170
…Western Australia v Tran [2008] WASCA 183 The State of Western Australia v Wynne [2008] WASCA 195; (2009) 188 A Crim R 502 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 Vagh v The State of Western Australia [2007] WASCA 17 Vlek v The Queen (Unreported, WASCA, Library No 990153, 29 March 1999) Willi…
Wheeler v The Queen [No 2]
[2010] WASCA 105
Para 2
…mpairment is as stated by the Victorian Court of Appeal in R v Tsiaras [1996] 1 VR 398, 400, which was approved by this court in Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223 [52], save that it is not confined to a 'serious' mental impairment: Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35 [18] ‑ [19] approvi…
Butler v The State of Western Australia
[2010] WASCA 104
Para 2
…at the disorder is serious or causally related to the offending: Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia [2010] WASCA 35; Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; F v The State of Western Australia [2008] WASCA 100.…
Boyle v The State of Western Australia
[2010] WASCA 97
Para 9
…There being a causal relationship between the appellant's mental problems and the offending, his moral culpability was reduced ( Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223 [52]). In taking those mental problems into account his Honour placed emphasis upon the fact that the appellant knew that what he was doing was wrong…
The State of Western Australia v SJH
[2010] WASCA 40
Para 2
…been enunciated in this court on a number of occasions, including Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; and Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385. They have also been discussed in the Victorian case of R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; (2007) 16 VR 269, which contains a usef…
Krijestorac v The State of Western Australia
[2010] WASCA 35
Para 7
…been enunciated in this court on a number of occasions, including Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442; and Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385. Counsel for the appellant also drew the court's attention to the Victorian case of R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102; (2007) 16 V…
Marshall v Martyn
[2009] WASC 272
Para 4
…In Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223 at [52] Steytler J noted that it was settled that serious psychiatric illness not amounting to insanity is relevant to sentencing and cited, with approval, R v Tsiaras (1996) 1 VR 398 at 400.…
Fennell v Somerville
[2009] WASC 214
Para 2
…eterrence was a factor that should have been accorded less weight. In this regard reliance was placed on what Steytler P said in Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223 [52] ‑ [53]: It is settled that serious psychiatric illness not amounting to insanity is relevant to sentencing. In R v Tsiaras [1996] 1 VR 398 at 40…
Speering v The State of Western Australia
[2008] WASCA 266
Para 7
…Psychiatric illness is clearly relevant to sentencing. The relevant principles were expressed by Steytler P in Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223 at [52] ‑ [55]: It is settled that serious psychiatric illness not amounting to insanity is relevant to sentencing. In R v Tsiaras [1996] 1 VR 398 at 400, Charles and…
CJ v The State of Western Australia
[2009] WASCA 42
Para 2
…that the appellant's depression was causative of her offending. Nevertheless, it was clearly relevant to the sentencing process: Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 per Steytler P at [52] ‑ [55]. I shall return to this aspect when dealing with the grounds of appeal.…
Smallbone v The State of Western Australia
[2008] WASCA 167
Para 6
…The cases referred to by Miller JA ( Lauritsen v The Queen [2000] WASCA 203; (2000) 22 WAR 442 and Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385) establish that a serious psychiatric illness not amounting to insanity may be relevant to sentencing in a number of different ways. It may reduce moral c…
Skipworth v The State of Western Australia
[2008] WASCA 64
…manah v The Queen [2006] WASCA 112 Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267 The State of Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 250 Thompson v The Queen [2005] WASCA 223; (2005) 157 A Crim R 385 Turner v The Queen [2002] WASCA 189 Vagh v The State of Western Australia [2007] WASCA 17 Western Australia v A Child [2007]…