| 0 | Hermanus (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 304 | | Hermanus v The Queen | | Conviction and sentence appeal arising from historical sex offences. Conviction appeal refused, sentence appeal allowed: resentenced. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2015/304.html |
| 0 | DPP v Walters (a pseudonym) [2015] VSCA 303 | | DPP v Walters | | Appeal against first use of 'baseline sentencing', in which the Court of Appeal held that the scheme was incapable of practical operation, leading to the repeal of the legislation. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2015/303.html |
| 0 | Fowler (a Pseudonym) v Secretary to the Department of Health & Ors [2014] VSCA 231 | | Fowler v DHHS & Ors | | Appeal against the confirmation of a non-custodial supervision order. Consideration given to the role of the Mental Health Act 1986 in determinations under the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997. Appeal dismissed. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2014/231.html |
| 0 | Buchanan v The Secretary to the Department of Health & Ors [2014] VSCA 176 | | Buchanan v DHHS & Ors | | Appeal against variation of non-custodial supervision order to custodial supervision order. Court held that the expression ‘because of his or her mental impairment’ in s 40(1)(c) capable of encompassing both direct and indirect causal links. Appeal dismissed. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2014/176.html |
| 0 | Hunter v The Queen [2013] VSCA 385 | | Hunter v The Queen | | Appeal against life imprisonment without parole for offender with prior conviction for murder. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2013/385.html |
| 0 | DPP v Herrmann [2021] VSCA 160 | | DPP v Herrmann | | Crown appeal against a sentence of 36 years with a 30 year non-parole period for the rape and murder of a stranger. Full bench of the Court of Appeal. Issues of aboriginality, disadvantage, personality disorder and risk assessment. Appeal dismissed. | https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2021/160.html |
| 0 | S M v The Queen [2013] VSCA 342 | | S M v The Queen | | Case stated: can the 'consent mental impairment' procedure under s21 of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 be used in a special hearing following a finding of unfitness? | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2013/342.html |
| 0 | Brown v The Queen [2020] VSCA 212 | | Brown v The Queen | | Role of personality disorder in sentencing. DPP v O'Neill overturned. Appeal allowed | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2020/212.html |
| 0 | Jopar v The Queen [2013] VSCA 83 | | Jopar v The Queen | | Application for an extension of time to file notice of appeal. People smuggling offences. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2013/83.html |
| 0 | Astbury v The Queen [2020] VSCA 132 | | Astbury v The Queen | | Appeal against murder conviction. Miscarriage of justice due to significant departure in prosecutor’s closing address from prosecutor’s opening. Appeal allowed and murder conviction quashed. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2020/132.html |
| 0 | Howard v The Queen [2012] VSCA 83 | | Howard v The Queen | | Sentence appeal - role of parity. Appeal allowed and applicant resentenced. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2012/83.html |
| 0 | Smith v The Queen [2018] VSCA 139 | | Smith v The Queen | | Conviction appeal. Inflammatory statements in prosecutor's closing address. Leave to appeal allowed; appeal dismissed. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2018/139.html |
| 0 | DPP v Yildirim [2011] VSCA 219 | | DPP v Yildrim | | Director's appeal - manifest inadequacy and specific error in relation to relevance of risk of deportation. Appeal dismissed. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2011/219.html |
| 0 | Fedele v The Queen [2017] VSCA 363 | | Fedele v The Queen | | Fresh evidence appeal due to the advent of early onset frontotemperal dementia, which had been undiagnosed at the time of sentence. Appeal allowed and resentenced to permit immediate release. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2017/363.html |
| 0 | G J W v The Queen [2010] VSCA 193 | | G J W v The Queen | | Sentence appeal. Multiple counts, issues of totality. Appeal allowed and applicant re-sentenced. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2010/193.html |
| 0 | Richards (a Pseudonym) v The Queen (No 2) [2017] VSCA 174 | | Richards v The Queen | | Appeal against the making of a custodial supervision order that saw the accused remanded in gaol. The meaning of supervision considered. Appeal allowed and non-custodial supervision order substituted. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2017/174.html |
| 0 | R v L D [2009] VSCA 311 | | R v L D | | Sentence appeal. Manifest excess and specific error - sentencing judge had mistakenly sentenced offender as ‘serious sexual offender’. Appeal dismissed. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2009/311.html |
| 0 | Guven v The Queen [2017] VSCA 92 | | Guven v The Queen | | Sentence appeal. Appellant diagnosed with schizophrenia. Issue was whether Verdins principles were given sufficient weight. Appeal dismissed. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2017/92.html |
| 0 | McLeod-Dryden v Supreme Court of Victoria [2017] VSCA 60 | | McLeod-Dryden v Supreme Court of Victoria | | Judicial review of a coercive powers order. Consideration given to whether systemic and continuing criminal activity must be extant at time when application for coercive powers order is made | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2017/60.html? |
| 0 | Bowden (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 46 | | Bowden v The Queen | | Conviction and sentence appeal. Fresh evidence ground relating to evidence of telephone records and pay slips. Leave to appeal refused. | http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2017/46.html |