L [2004] SASC 33
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L [2004] SASC 33
ChapterAssault – effect of conviction on employment prospects exacerbated for Aboriginal offender – offender released without conviction
Coram: Gray J
- 17 year old female Aboriginal offender sentenced to suspended sentence of imprisonment for threatening nurse in hospital waiting room – intoxicated and angry after being assaulted by de facto partner earlier in evening
- Accepted on appeal offender’s intoxication provided explanation of offence and factor of mitigation: at [10]-[11]
- On appeal sentence replaced with an obligation to be of good behaviour and no conviction recorded. Gray J referred to evidence of Indigenous employment status and accepted the impact of a conviction on the appellant’s future employment prospects as a relevant factor in considering whether to record a conviction: at [24], [25]
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