Appeals against sentence severity: Sentencing judgments of the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal

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R15

Author	Don Weatherburn
Published	January 1988
Report Type	General Report Series
Subject	Court processes and delay; Sentencing
Keywords	Sentencing, penalties, Court of Criminal Appeal, appeals, judgements

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This report contains the results of an analysis of some 500 Court of Criminal Appeal judgements. Providing a general description of the dominant features of the appeal process in sentencing, and an assessment of some of the legal assumptions underlying the process.