Sinn v the Pleaded guilty to Five years’ Appeal Allowed Total Four years’ 23 July 2014 Nettle and Queen trafficking in a drug of imprisonment, against effective imprisonment, Redlich JJA dependence non-parole sentence sentence non-parole and Almond [2014] VSCA (cannabis, period of three offended period of three AJA 149 commercial quantity, years and six against the years one charge) months parity principle Booysen v the Convicted of importing Eight years’ Appeal Dismissed N/A N/A 23 July 2014 Redlich JA Queen a marketable quantity imprisonment, against and Almond of border controlled non-parole conviction AJA [2014] VSCA drug (cocaine, one period of five 150 charge) years McPhee v the Pleaded guilty to 20 Appeal Allowed Manifest 18 years’ 24 July 2014 Redlich and Queen [2014] murder (one charge) imprisonment, against excess imprisonment, Priest JJA VSCA 156 non-parole sentence non-parole period of 16 period of 13 years years Mifsud v the Convicted of 23 months’ Appeal Dismissed N/A N/A 24 July 2014 Redlich and Queen [2014] intentionally causing imprisonment, against Priest JJA VSCA 160 injury (one charge), suspended for sentence common assault (one 24 months charge) and theft (one charge)
Sinn v the Queen [2014] VSCA 149 Pleaded guilty to trafficking in a drug of dependence (cannabis, commercial quantity, one charge) Five years’ imprisonment, non-parole period of three years and six months Appeal against sentence Allowed Total effective sentence offended against the parity principle Four years’ imprisonment, non-parole period of three years 23 July 2014 Nettle and Redlich JJA and Almond AJA Booysen v the Queen [2014] VSCA 150 Convicted of importing a marketable quantity of border controlled drug (cocaine, one charge) Eight years’ imprisonment, non-parole period of five years Appeal against conviction Dismissed N/A N/A 23 July 2014 Redlich JA and Almond AJA McPhee v the Queen [2014] VSCA 156 Pleaded guilty to murder (one charge) 20 imprisonment, non-parole period of 16 years Appeal against sentence Allowed Manifest excess 18 years’ imprisonment, non-parole period of 13 years 24 July 2014 Redlich and Priest JJA Mifsud v the Queen [2014] VSCA 160 Convicted of intentionally causing injury (one charge), common assault (one charge) and theft (one charge) 23 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 24 months Appeal against sentence Dismissed N/A N/A 24 July 2014 Redlich and Priest JJA
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