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Black v R [2022] NSWCCA 17

What is the appropriate discount in a matter on indictment if a defendant offers in the Local Court to plead guilty to an alternative charge which is on the charge certificate, but that offer is not accepted by the prosecution until the matter has already been committed for trial? In this case, the

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Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4

Overturning a NSW authority which has stood for more than a decade, the Court of Criminal Appeal (‘CCA’) has determined that when sentencing for Commonwealth matters, it is permissible to take into account the utilitarian value of a plea of guilty.

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