The King v. McGregor
Case No.
S45/2025
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
1/11/2024 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Bell CJ; Kirk JA; Harrison CJ at CL; Davies J; Sweeney J)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Sentencing – Appeal against sentence – Statutory mandatory minimum sentence prescribed – Proper construction of s 16AAC of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) – Reduction of mandatory minimum where provisions in s 16AAC(3) apply – Whether provision is to be treated as capping maximum discount as a proportion of the mandatory minimum, as opposed to provision setting a minimum floor – Federal offenders – Sentence by State court for offence against Commonwealth law – Whether aggregate sentencing under s 53A of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) can be applied to federal offences – Whether s 53A is capable of being picked up by s 68(1) of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) and applied to the sentencing of all federal offenders in New South Wales.
Documents*
03/04/2025 Determination
17/04/2025 Notice of appeal
22/05/2025 Written submissions (Appellant)
22/05/2025 Chronology (Appellant)
19/06/2025 Written submissions (Respondent)
10/07/2025 Reply
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