Case Study

We successfully represented a client in a County Court of Victoria sentence appeal. Our client had earlier been sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court with conviction to a Community Corrections Order for Sexual Assault. Sexual Assault is a serious offence and carries a 10-year maximum sentence. Our client was not an Australian citizen and had hoped to settle in Australia and become an Australian citizen. A conviction would have almost certainly eliminated those hopes. We successfully argued on appeal that a conviction should not be imposed. On appeal, the County Court did not impose any conviction for the charge of sexual assault. 

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