A suspended sentence of imprisonment may lawfully be imposed in conjunction with a community service order under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1991 (Qld); the prohibition on combining probation orders with imprisonment does not extend to this combination. Where the Crown concedes at first instance that a non-custodial order is a reasonable possibility, the Court of Appeal will exercise restraint in acceding to an Attorney-General's appeal seeking actual custody.
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