Inge v The Queen

[1999] HCA 55
Judgment date
Case number
A38/1998
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Criminal law – Sentencing – Murder – Mandatory life sentence – Parole – Minimum term during which prisoner not eligible for parole – Whether appellant's youth counts against him in determining non-parole period.

Words and phrases – "imprisonment for life".

Correctional Services Act 1982 (SA), ss 67(6), 70.

Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), s 11.

Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 (SA), ss 32(1)(a), 32(1)(b), 32(5)(c).