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[Full-text PDF] R v Rann [2005] QCA 366 (05/0184) Brisb McPherson JA Cullinane J Jones J 30/09/2005

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CRIMINAL LAW - APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION - APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL - APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE - APPEAL BY CONVICTED PERSONS - APPLICATIONS TO REDUCE SENTENCE - where applicant pleaded guilty to six counts of assault occasioning bodily harm committed against his 16 and a half month old daughter - where offences committed over a period of 12 hours - where complainant suffered a cut to her lower lip and bruising to the right eye, right ear, left ear, left forehead, right cheek, right chin, back and abdomen - where applicant sentenced to 18 months imprisonment to be suspended after serving six months imprisonment with an operational period of three years - where applicant remorseful and has taken steps to rehabilitate himself - whether sentence imposed manifestly excessive