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

[2026] QCA 19

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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. › Attorney-General appeal
7. › Whether sentence manifestly inadequate for malicious act with intent against police officer causing life-threatening injury
8. › Whether residual discretion should be exercised
9. › Criminal Code (Qld), s 317(1)(c) and (e)
10. › Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), ss 9(3), 147, 159A
1. Criminal Law
2. › Sentencing
3. › Comparable authorities
4. › Malicious act with intent against police officers
5. › Use of weapon causing grievous bodily harm
6. › Recidivist offender
7. › Whether comparable authorities involving firearms warranted numerical equivalence
8. › Criminal Code (Qld), s 317(1)

Quick Take

For offences of malicious act with intent against police officers involving weapons causing life-threatening injuries, a six-year head sentence for a recidivist offender with extensive domestic violence and anti-police history may be manifestly inadequate, even where comparable firearm cases attract 10-year sentences.