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McGregor v R [2024] NSWCCA 200

In this case a five-judge bench of the CCA, in a unanimous decision, has considered the correct approach to discounts in federal sentencing cases involving mandatory minimum sentences. The Court also held that aggregate sentences remain available for this category of federal sentences when imposed i

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Rex v Taylor [2022] NSWCCA 256

In this decision the CCA has held that there is no rule of law which concludes that in all cases involving a mandatory minimum it is a precondition, in order to obtain that minimum sentence, for a sentencing judge to conclude that the sentence is at the bottom of the range of objective seriousness.

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