R v Craigie

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal and new trial
  3. › Appeal against sentence
  4. › Grounds for interference
  5. › Sentence manifestly excessive
  6. › Non-parole period
  7. › Whether fixing parole eligibility date approximately one month beyond one-third mark rendered sentence manifestly excessive
  8. › Whether sentencing judge gave sufficient weight to mitigating circumstances including disadvantaged Indigenous background
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Sentencing
  3. › Non-parole period
  4. › One-third rule of thumb
  5. › Whether departure from one-third mark requires justification
  6. › Whether one-third mark is invariable rule or guide
• 1. Statutes
  2. › Interpretation
  3. › Corrective Services Act 2006 (Qld), ss 179(2)(b), 180(1), 180(2)(c)
  4. › Application for parole before parole eligibility date
  5. › Whether general provisions prevail over specific provision permitting application within 180 days
  6. › Whether construction producing surprising consequence reflects legislative purpose
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Sentencing
  3. › Mitigating factors
  4. › Indigenous offender
  5. › Disadvantaged background
  6. › Application of Bugmy v The Queen
  7. › Whether sentencing judge's abbreviated reference to background indicates failure to take it into account

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