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[1999] QCA 323
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Court of Appeal (Qld)
1999-08-20
McMurdo P, McPherson JA, Thomas JA, Mr P, Murdo P
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL [1999] QCA 323
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND
Brisbane
[R v Taylor & Napatali; Ex Parte A-G]
T H E Q U E E N
v
BEAU LINCOLN TAYLOR
- and -
RUBEN JOSEPH NAPATALI
Respondents
EX PARTE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF QUEENSLAND
Appellant
McMurdo P
McPherson JA
Thomas JA
Judgment delivered 20 August 1999
Separate reasons for judgment of each member of the Court; each concurring as to the order made.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE DISMISSED.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - Jurisdiction, Practice and Procedure - Pleas - Robbery - Aggravation - Sentencing - Whether young offenders with no prior convictions should be sentenced to mandatory imprisonment
Criminal Code (Qld), s409
Penalties and Sentences Act (Qld) 1992, S9
Bainbridge, Cullen & Ludwicki [1993] QCA 428; (1993) 74 A Crim R 265
House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499
Lahey v Sanderson [1959] TASStRp 10;
R v del Arco (CA 289/1993, 25 March 1994)
R v Fitzgerald (Indictment No 2500/ 1992, Trafford-Walker DCJ, 11 Dec 1992)
R v Lovell [1998] QCA 36; [1999] 2 Qd R 79
Counsel: Mr P Keane QC, with him P Rutledge, for the appellant
Mr M Shanahan for the respondent Taylor
Mr P Leask for the respondent Napatali
Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (Queensland) for the appellant
Legal Aid Queensland for the respondents
Hearing Date: 9 July 1999
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT - McMURDO P
Judgment delivered 20 August 1999
[R
Taylor & Napatali; Ex Parte A-G]
(1936) 55 CLR 499