Queensland Judgments
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R v SAT
[2006] QCA 070 (05/0321) Brisb McMurdo P, Williams JA and Fryberg J 13/03/2006 (delivered ex tempore)
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 - where the applicant pleaded guilty to indecently dealing with a child under 16 years – where at the time of the offence, the applicant was aged 17, the complainant was aged 15, and they had been close friends for at least four years prior to the incident - where a period of probation was ordered and a conviction recorded – where the offending was considered to be at the lower end of the scale for indecent treatment cases - where the applicant was of otherwise good character and had made genuine attempts to mitigate the damage he had caused – whether in the circumstances a conviction should have been recorded