Siganto v The Queen

[1998] HCA 74
Judgment date
Case number
D9/1998
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummow, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Criminal law – Sentencing – Factors to be taken into account – Whether distress occasioned by victim giving evidence an aggravating factor.

Criminal law – Sentencing – Whether sentence manifestly excessive – Parity principle.

Words and Phrases – "relevant circumstance".

Sentencing Act (NT), ss 5(1)(a), 5(2)(b), 5(2)(s), 54, 55(1), 58.

Criminal Code (NT), ss 192(3), 411(4).

Prisons (Correctional Services) Act (NT), s 92 (repealed).