Queensland Judgments
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R v McDonald
[2005] QCA 383 (05/0236) Brisb McPherson JA Jerrard JA Douglas J 14/10/2005
Catchwords
CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE – APPEAL BY CONVICTED PERSONS – APPLICATION TO REDUCE SENTENCE – WHEN REFUSED – applicant convicted by his own pleas of guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm and assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed – sentenced to 15 months imprisonment suspended after five months operational for two years for the armed assault with a lesser concurrent term for the assault – applicant first assaulted complainant in a hotel then left the premises – applicant later returned and struck the complainant with a full liquor bottle – applicant had no prior convictions for violent offences – whether the sentence was manifestly excessive