The established South Australian sentencing tariff of 6-8 years for armed robbery may not apply uniformly to all categories of the offence; the court identified a potential distinction between armed hold-ups of banks and businesses and less serious 'street offences'. The formulation of sentencing tariffs must be consistent with Wong v The Queen, requiring articulation of principles rather than publication of expected sentencing ranges. The questions raised but left open in this case were to be addressed by a five-judge Court of Criminal Appeal in Place v DPP.
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