Dhamarrandji v Curtis

[2014] NTSC 39

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal against mandatory minimum term imposed by Magistrate
3. › Availability and application of “exceptional circumstances”
4. › “Level Five” assault
5. › Minimum three month term of imprisonment
6. › Submissions regarding “exceptional circumstances” and proportionality
7. › Good character, personal circumstances and guilty plea relevant to “exceptional circumstances”
8. › Appeal allowed
9. › Resentenced
10. › Term of imprisonment partly suspended
11. › Sentencing Act 1995 (NT), s 78DI.
1. Sentencing Act 1995 (NT) ss 5, 40, 78BA, 78D, 78DI, 78E.
1. BB v The Queen [2014] NTCCA 13; Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; (2000) 202 CLR 321; Quadir v Rigby [2012] NTSC 90; Makarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357; Olsen v Sims [2010] NTCA 8; (2010) 28 NTLR 116; R v Kelly [1999] UKHL 4; [2000] 1 QB 198, applied.
1. Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120, referred to.