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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

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