Lowndes v The Queen

[1999] HCA 29
Judgment date
Case number
P55/1998
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Criminal law – Sentencing – Sexual offences – Appellant sentenced to six years with parole eligibility – Crown appeal – Order for indefinite imprisonment made by appellate court – Considerations relevant to making indefinite imprisonment order – No material error by sentencing judge or in resulting sentence identified – Appellate intervention and re-exercise of sentencing discretion impermissible.

Sentencing Act 1995 (WA), ss 89, 98.