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[Full-text PDF] R v PM [2004] QCA 163 (04/0101) Brisb Williams JA Muir J Mullins J 14/05/2004 (delivered ex tempore)

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CRIMINAL LAW – JURISDICTION, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – JUDGMENT AND PUNISHMENT – SENTENCE – FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT – CIRCUMSTANCES OF OFFENCE – where applicant convicted of two counts of indecent treatment – where sentenced to 12 months imprisonment suspended after four months with an operational period of three years – where offences occurred between 1974 and 1978 – where applicant aged between 18 and 22 years when offences committed – where applicant has served a period of imprisonment for similar offences committed after the ones in question – whether learned sentencing judge placed insufficient weight on mitigating factors and the age of the offence – whether sentence imposed manifestly excessive