Supplementary Report on ‘Grab and Drag’ Conduct (html)
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AS v The Queen [2019] VSC 260
DPP (Vic) v Patil (a Pseudonym) [2019] VCC 1674
DPP (Vic) v Williams [2020] VCC 1662
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Murphy v The Queen [2019] VSCA 189
R v Gabriel [2004] ACTSC 30, (2004) 182 FLR 102
R v Hoang [2007] VSCA 117, (2007) 16 VR 369
R v Ireland [1998] AC 147, (House of Lords, Lords Goff, Slynn, Steyn, Hope and Hutton,
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Legislation
Bail Act 1977 (Vic)
County Court Act 1958 (Vic)
Crimes Act 1958 (Vic)
Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic)
Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic)
Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 (Vic)
Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic)