The Queensland Court of Appeal held that the sentencing judge was not required to make a declaration that the applicant's conviction was a conviction of a serious violent offence under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld). The appeal was allowed only to the limited extent of deleting the serious violent offence declaration, with the underlying sentence otherwise undisturbed.
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