A sentencing judge's sequential consideration of objective gravity before subjective circumstances does not of itself constitute the two-stage approach rejected in Muldrock. A reference to R v Knight does not automatically demonstrate that determinative significance was given to the standard non-parole period. While previous convictions under s 21A(2)(d) are not relevant to objective gravity, their erroneous characterisation as an aggravating factor is not a material sentencing error where the offence was committed on conditional liberty.
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