21 Aug 1972
RE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Citation
- RE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC408/1972
The Full Court held that under ss81A-81B it could quash a manifestly inadequate sentence and substitute any sentence it considered appropriate (including removing suspension); applying that power, the magistrate's sentence was manifestly inadequate on the facts and was replaced with 15 months' imprisonment.