Queensland Judgments
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R v PAA
[2006] QCA 056 (05/0348) Brisb McMurdo P Jerrard JA Holmes JA 8/03/2006
Catchwords
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 – WHEN GRANTED – PARTICULAR OFFENCES – OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON – SEXUAL OFFENCES – applicant convicted of four counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16, three counts of rape and one count of indecent treatment of a child under 12 – applicant sentenced to four years imprisonment with a recommendation for post-prison community based release after 18 months – where 405 days imprisonment was declared time already served under that sentence – whether sentence was manifestly excessive - whether sentencing judge failed to take applicant's mitigating circumstances into account when making recommendation for parole