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The King v. HCZ

Case No. B44/2025

Case information

Lower Court Judgment

15/08/2025 Supreme Court of Queensland (Court of Appeal) (Bond JA, Boddice JA, Freeburn J)

[2025] QCA 147

Catchwords

Sentencing – murder - whether ‘special circumstances’ under s 227(2) of the Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld). Application of correctness standard by Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Case Summary

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SP April 2026 (Canberra) (51.96 KB)

Documents

04/12/2025	Determination
17/12/2025	Notice of appeal
13/02/2026	Written submissions (Appellant) (395.03 KB)
13/02/2026	Chronology (Appellant) (313.07 KB)
17/03/2026	Written submissions (Respondent) (462.28 KB)
25/03/2026	Reply (Appellant) (319.2 KB)
10/04/2026	Hearing [2026] HCATrans 019 (Full Court, Canberra)
10/04/2026	Outline of oral argument (Appellant) (344.84 KB)
10/04/2026	Outline of oral argument (Respondent) (398.12 KB)
05/08/2026	Judgment (Judgment Summary)

Case recording