When sentencing for a mix of Commonwealth and State offences where the most serious offending comprises Commonwealth crimes, the Commonwealth non-parole period practice (60-66%) should generally be applied rather than the State statutory ratio (75%). The sentencing judge must address the difficulty caused by the two different sentencing regimes and give reasons for the choice of regime. Adams J's obiter commentary signals that charge negotiations before committal should not ordinarily reduce the utilitarian discount for a guilty plea, and that the withdrawal of charges against co-offenders should not be treated as a benefit reducing the discount.
The full text is available to signed-in members, including the 428 later cases that cite this judgment.
222 of the 428 citing cases carry a classified treatment. How each court treated it is available to signed-in members.