Following Muldrock v The Queen, a sentencing judge imposing a non-custodial sentence for a standard non-parole period offence is not required under s 54C to specifically explain why the sentence departs from the standard non-parole period; the significance of the standard non-parole period in that context has been diluted. The case also illustrates that the residual discretion to dismiss a Crown appeal may be exercised where the offender has achieved remarkable rehabilitation and custody would damage or destroy those achievements, even where the sentence is found to be manifestly inadequate.
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