Federal Court of Australia
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Criminal law - dross indecency - appeal against sentence - appellant sentenced to term of imprisonment - whether non-parole period excessive - appellant intellectually disabled and requiring
psychiatric treatment - whether conditional release appropriate
Criminal Code s.129
ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA SC No. 52-3 of 1985
RODNEY RICHARD DOREY v. THE QUEEN
No. NT G23 of 1985
TOOHEY, MORLING & BEAUMONT JJ. DARWIN 16 APRIL 1986
IN) THE FEDERAL COURT i OF AUSTRALIA ' NORTHERN TERRITORY ) OF AUSTRALIA ) DISTRICT REGISTRY ) GENERAL DIVISION )
No. NT G23 of 1985
ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE NOFTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
SC No. 52-3 of 1985 BETWEEN:
RODNEY RICHARD DOREY Appellant
and
THE QUEEN Respondent
MINUTE OF ORDER
JUDGES MAKING ORDER: Toohey, Morling & Beaumont JJ.
DATE OF ORDER: 10 April 1986
WHERE MADE: Darwin
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
The appeal be allowed bv reducing the non-parole
to 138 months, otherwise the appeal be dismissed.
Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
period
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION
No. G23 of 1985
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ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF _ THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALTA
SC No. 52-3 of 1985
BETWEEN: RODNEY RICHARD DOREY
Appellant
and
THE QUEEN
Respondent
CORAM: Toohey, Morling & Beaumount JJ. 10 April 1986
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT THE COURT
This i5s an appeal against sentence.
On 12 August 1985 in the Supreme Court of the Northern
Territory, following the appellant's plea of guilty to a charge of gross indecency upon a female under the age of sixteen years, he was sentenced toa term of five years imprisonment with hard
labour, with a non-parole period of two years.
NS
Section 129 of the Criminal Code imposes a maximum penalty of umprisonment for fourteen vears in the case of gross indecency by an adult on a female under the age of fourteen. The
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