McDonald v Cornford

[2011] NTSC 109

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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For Australian Law.

1. Criminal Law
2. › Sentencing - Appeal against sentence
3. › three appeal grounds - failure to impose concurrent sentences
4. › failure to apply principle of totality
5. › manifestly excessive
6. › drink driving
7. › driving whilst disqualified
8. › offences arising from one course of conduct - whether adjustment to overall sentence consistent with totality principle - fully accumulated sentence resulted in total sentence that was disproportionate to the whole criminal conduct - Appeal allowed in part.
1. Sentencing Act (NT) s 50, s 103,
1. Attorney General v Tichy (1982) 30 SASR 84; applied
1. Brown v Lynch (1982) 15 NTR 9; Miles v The Queen [2001] NTCA 9; R v Tait and Bartley (1979) 46 FLR 386; followed

Citation[2011] NTSC 109

CourtNTSC

JurisdictionNorthern Territory

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