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[Full-text PDF] R v Warwick [2006] QCA 083 (05/0339) Brisb Williams JA Keane JA Douglas J 22/03/2006 (delivered ex tempore)

Catchwords

CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE – APPEAL BY CONVICTED PERSON – APPLICATION TO REDUCE SENTENCE – WHEN GRANTED – GENERALLY – where applicant convicted on his own plea of guilty of assault occasioning bodily harm – where applicant was guest in complainants home – where applicant assaulted complaint by punching her in the face and fracturing her jaw – where applicant is a deaf mute and suffers from schizophrenia – whether sentencing judge adequately took into account early plea of guilty – whether sentence manifestly excessive