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Sentencing | April 2026

The King v. HCZ

Whether a trial judge correctly applied the law when deciding that special circumstances existed to impose an adult sentence for murder on a young offender under Queensland's Youth Justice Act.

Judgment reserved · Brisbane · on appeal from [2025] QCA 147

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