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[Full-text PDF] R v A [2003] QCA 189 (03/0029) Brisb McMurdo P Williams JA and Holmes J 8/05/2003 (delivered ex tempore)

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CRIMINAL LAW – JURISDICTION, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – JUDGMENT AND PUNISHMENT – SENTENCE – JUVENILE OFFENDERS – DETENTION IN TRAINING CENTRE AND OTHER REFORMATORY SENTENCES – where applicant convicted of 39 offences – where applicant on probation at time of offending – where presentence report indicated that applicant showed little inclination to address his offending behaviour – where sentenced to 18 months detention with a further probation order for a period of two years – whether inappropriate to impose period of probation after a reasonably lengthy period of detention