R v TBH; Ex parte Attorney-General (Qld)

[2025] QCA 190

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Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal and new trial
3. › Appeal against sentence
4. › Grounds for interference
5. › Sentence manifestly inadequate
6. › Youth offender sentenced to conditional release order for wounding
7. › Whether sentence unreasonable or plainly unjust
8. › Whether sentence failed to reflect seriousness of offending and community protection
9. › Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld), s 150(2)(e)
1. Criminal Law
2. › Sentencing
3. › Juvenile offenders
4. › Youth justice principles
5. › Community safety
6. › Detention as sentencing option
7. › Amendment to principle 18 of youth justice principles
8. › Whether detention necessary to ensure community safety
9. › Queensland Community Safety Act 2024 (Qld)
10. › Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld), s 150(2)(e)
1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal and new trial
3. › Appeal against sentence by prosecution
4. › Residual discretion to intervene
5. › Whether rare and exceptional case warranting intervention
6. › Whether failure to intervene would undermine public confidence in administration of justice

Quick Take

Following the Queensland Community Safety Act 2024 amendments to principle 18 of the youth justice principles, deliberate knife violence in public by a juvenile offender warrants substantial actual detention to ensure community safety, and a conditional release order for such offending is manifestly inadequate.