JW v The King

[2025] NTSC 79

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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1. Courts
2. › Abuse of process
3. › Whether issuing an ex officio indictment constitutes an abuse
4. › Consideration of relative jurisdictions of the Youth Justice Court and the Supreme Court
5. › Consideration of differing sentencing powers of those Courts
6. › No attempt to usurp jurisdiction of the Youth Justice Court
7. › No relevant unfairness to accused if sentenced in the Supreme Court
8. › Application dismissed
1. Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT), s 3, 174F(1) and (2), s 319
1. Youth Justice Act 2005 (NT), s 6, s 45(1), s 45(2), s 52 (1), s 52(3), s 53(2), s 56, s 82, s 83(2)