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Key decisions

  • MC v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA) [2020] HCA 6
  • Chiro v The Queen (2017) 260 CLR 425
  • The Queen v Guode [2020] HCA 8
  • Western Australia v Manado; Western Australia v Augustine; Commonwealth of Australia v Augustine; Commonwealth of Australia v Manado [2020] HCA 9
  • BHP Billiton Limited v Commissioner of Taxation [2020] HCA 5

Criminal Law

Sentence – Chiro v The Queen

In KMC v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA) [2020] HCA 6 (18 March 2020) the applicant, KMC, was charged in the District Court of South Australia with one count of persistent sexual exploitation of a child against s 50(1) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA). After a trial before a judge and jury, the jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty. The jury was discharged without being asked any questions as to the basis of its verdict. The applicant was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years and three days, with a non-parole period of five years.

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