Case law
DPP (NSW) v Saunders [2017] NSWSC 760
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- Section 32 (3) (b) requires that the person or place nominated in the orders to be specified with some precision.
- Failing to name a particular person or place would render enforcement under ss 32 (3A)- (3D) virtually nugatory
Confos v DPP NSWSC 1159
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- Refusal of s32 appears to be an interlocutory order at [2]
- Weight given to various factors a matter for each magistrate
DPP v Albon [2000] NSWSC 896
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- Support Plans - "Proper Provisions" at [26]
DPP v El Mawas [2006] NSWCA 154
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- Procedural fairness and section 32 matters at [74]
- No requirement for a plea at [62]
- Aquired Brain Injury as mental condition for section 32
- Section 32 is available to serious offenders
- No exhaustive list of factors relevant to exercise of discretion at [74]
- Seriousness a factor in the exercise of discretion
Edwards v DPP [2012] NSWSC 105
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- Section 32 and Alcohol Induced Organic Brain Injury
- Preconditions to be satisfied in "mental condition"
Mackie v Hunt (1989) 19 NSWLR 130
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- S428W (predecessor of s32) can apply whether or not a person if fit or unfit, and without first determining that situation
Mantell v Molyneux [2006] NSWSC 955
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- Not necessary for fitness to plead to be determined prior to section 32 application at [16]
- Sentencing outcomes at law as part of the exercise of discretion
- Extension of duration of final orders by use of interlocutory orders
Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39
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- Mild intellectual disability can be significant
- Potential for misunderstanding of the significance of intellectual disability by criminal justice personnel
- Deterrence and People with Intellectual Disability at [54 - 55]
Perry v Forbes (Unreported, Supreme Court of NSW, Smart J, 21 May 1993)
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- Section 32 has operation regardless or not a plea is entered and whether or not the defendant is fit to plead at [11]
- Consideration of outline of facts mandatory
Police v Deng [2008] NSWLC 2
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- Section 32 and Traffic Matters
R v Mailes [2001] NSWCCA 155
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- Intellectual disability is eligible for section 32