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Brown v Lyons

[2017] NTSC 9

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal against sentence
3. › Youth Justice Court
4. › failure to conduct proceedings for a youth offender separately to proceedings for adult co-offenders
5. › Youth Justice Court not formally opened
6. › no jurisdiction to impose sentence when sitting as the Local Court
7. › appeal allowed
1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal against sentence
3. › Youth Justice Court
4. › failure to properly distinguish youth and adult sentencing regimes
5. › Judge concerned with parity between youth and adult co-offenders
6. › no presentence report ordered
7. › Judge failed to specifically rule that the requirement for a presentence report be dispensed with
8. › sentence manifestly excessive
9. › appeal allowed
1. Courts
2. › Jurisdiction
3. › Youth Justice Court
4. › failure to conduct proceedings for a youth offender separately to proceedings for adult co-offenders
5. › Youth Justice Court not formally opened
6. › no jurisdiction to impose sentence when sitting as the Local Court
7. › appeal allowed
1. Local Court (Criminal Procedure) Act (NT) s 175

Case Details

Citation[2017] NTSC 9

CourtNTSC

JurisdictionNorthern Territory

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