Brockman v WA

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal against sentence
  3. › Parity principle
  4. › Co-offenders sentenced for joint offences
  5. › Absence of marked disparity in individual sentences
  6. › Whether lack of disparity gave rise to justifiable sense of grievance
  7. › Whether sentencing discretion miscarried
  8. › Criminal Code (WA), s 392, s 333, s 401
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Sentencing
  3. › Repeat offender provisions
  4. › Mandatory minimum sentences
  5. › Relevance of repeat offender status to parity principle
  6. › Whether repeat offender status relevant to individual sentences for home burglary offences
  7. › Whether repeat offender status relevant to total effective sentence
  8. › Criminal Code (WA), s 401, s 401A, s 401B
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Sentencing
  3. › Mandatory minimum sentences
  4. › Yardstick function
  5. › Compression of sentences towards lower end of range
  6. › Implications for parity between co-offenders where one is repeat offender
  7. › Criminal Code (WA), s 401(4)(b)(i)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal against sentence
  3. › Resentencing by appellate court
  4. › Miscarriage of sentencing discretion on individual sentences
  5. › Whether total effective sentence must be set aside and sentencing discretion exercised afresh
  6. › Criminal Appeals Act 2004 (WA), s 41(2)

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