KMC v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA)

Criminal law – Sentence – Offence of persistent sexual exploitation of child – Where applicant convicted of persistent sexual exploitation of child contrary to s 50(1) of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) ("CLCA") – Where Chiro v The Queen (2017) 260 CLR 425 handed down after sentencing – Where Chiro required sentencing judge to ask jury to identify underlying acts of sexual exploitation found proved or otherwise sentence on basis most favourable to offender – Where not known which alleged acts of sexual exploitation jury found had been proved beyond reasonable doubt – Where applicant not sentenced on basis of facts most favourable to applicant – Where s 9 of Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) (No 2) Act 2017 (SA) ("Amending Act") provided that sentence imposed for offence against s 50 of CLCA not affected by error or otherwise manifestly excessive merely because, relevantly, sentencing court sentenced person having regard to acts of sexual exploitation it determined proved beyond reasonable doubt – Whether s 9(1) of Amending Act engaged – Whether sentencing remarks identified acts of sexual exploitation determined by sentencing court to have been proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Words and phrases – "acts of sexual exploitation", "extension of time", "facts most favourable", "persistent sexual exploitation of a child", "proved beyond a reasonable doubt", "sentence", "sentencing judge", "sentencing remarks", "underlying acts".

Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) – s 50.

Statutes Amendment (Attorney –General's Portfolio) (No 2) Act 2017 (SA), s 9.