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The Queen v. Kilic

Case No. M105/2016
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

8/12/2015 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Redlich & Whelan JJA)

[2015] VSCA 331

Catchwords

Criminal law – Sentencing – Where respondent doused victim with petrol and set her alight – Where respondent pleaded guilty to intentionally causing serious injury – Where offence carries a maximum of 20 years imprisonment – Where respondent was sentenced to 14 years for primary offence – Where Court of Appeal found that the sentence was manifestly excessive – Where Court of Appeal reduced sentence – Principles regarding the review of sentencing.

Short particulars

Documents

28/07/2016 Hearing (SLA, Brisbane v/link Melbourne)

11/08/2016 Notice of appeal

01/09/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

01/09/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

22/09/2016 Written submissions (Respondent)

29/09/2016 Reply (Appellant)

06/10/2016 Reply (Respondent)

13/10/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

07/12/2016 Judgment (Judgment Summary)