10 Oct 2023
The appeal was dismissed because the correct approach (per Moses) is to apply the guilty plea discount to the adjusted starting point prior to uplift for previous convictions, producing a 22.22% discount which is not manifestly excessive; the applicant conceded the correct approach and did not challenge the starting point or uplift.
21 Nov 2017
The Court held the aggregate starting point of 30 months (18 months for burglary uplifted for breach of protection order and prior related offending) and the resulting end sentence of two years and three months was within the available range, not manifestly excessive, and any omission to discount for five months of electronic monitoring did not render the sentence unreasonable given the generous uplift for culpability.
4 Apr 2017
The High Court held the District Court Judge did not err: the starting point of two years six months for a serious domestic burglary was within the available range, the 18 month uplift for extensive previous convictions was high but not outside permissible bounds given the appellant's record, and the full 25% guilty plea discount produced an end sentence of three years which was not manifestly excessive; the appeal was dismissed.