Regina v Hilton [2005] NSWCCA 317
The appeal was upheld because the sentences imposed for the offences under s 91E and s 91F involved a substantial degree of double punishment, as almost all the criminality for the s 91F offences was subsumed by the s 91E offences. Accordingly, the sentence for the s 91E offences was quashed and replaced with a...
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- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 07 September 2005
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Sentence Appeal; Judgment of Court of Criminal Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal in respect of the s 91E offences allowed
- Legal Topics
- ['sentencing' 'double Punishment' 'child Prostitution Offences' 'overlap of Criminality']
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Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Sentence Appeal; Judgment of Court of Criminal Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 ['Whether the applicant was doubly punished for overlapping offences under s 91E and s 91F of the Crimes Act 1900; appropriate sentencing structure when offences overlap in criminality; consideration of double punishment principle']
Ratio Decidendi
The appeal was upheld because the sentences imposed for the offences under s 91E and s 91F involved a substantial degree of double punishment, as almost all the criminality for the s 91F offences was subsumed by the s 91E offences. Accordingly, the sentence for the s 91E offences was quashed and replaced with a lower, fixed term sentence to avoid double punishment.
Court Disposition
Appeal in respect of the s 91E offences allowed
Orders
- ['Substitute fixed term of two months imprisonment on each s 91E offence, to date from 22 November 2005 and expire on 21 January 2006']
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