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R v Tufuga & Kepu; ex parte A-G
[2003] QCA 171
Court of Appeal (Qld)|2003-05-02|Before: McMurdo P, Williams JA and Holmes JSeparate reasons, for judgment of each member of the Court, each concurring as to the orders, made
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Court of Appeal (Qld)
Decision date
2003-05-02
Before
McMurdo P, Williams JA and Holmes JSeparate reasons, for judgment of each member of the Court, each concurring as to the orders, made
Catchwords
- CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION
- – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE
- – APPEAL BY
- ATTORNEY-GENERAL OR OTHER CROWN LAW OFFICER – APPLICATIONS TO INCREASE
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Catchwords
CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION– APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE– APPEAL BYATTORNEY-GENERAL OR OTHER CROWN LAW OFFICER – APPLICATIONS TO INCREASESENTENCE – OFFENCES AGAINSTTHE PERSON – where respondents convictedof various assaults on two complainants – where assaults adisproportionatereaction to earlier provocative driving by one of thecomplainants – where neither complainant seriously injured – whererespondents had impeccable backgrounds and unblemished records – whethersentences imposed manifestly inadequateDinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54(2000) 202 CLR 321, citedMalvaso v TheQueen [1989] HCA 58(1989) 168 CLR 227, citedR v Amituanai [1995] QCA 80(1995) 78 A Crim R588, considered