Court Report Assignment

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Court Report 1. Which court did you attend and what was the date of your attendance? I attended the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday, the 8th of March, 2013. 2. What Kind of hearing did you attend? I attended a sentence hearing for the case of (R vs. Hobbs). The defendant (Hobbs) initially pleaded not guilty at the start of the hearing, but was asked by the judge if he was sure about his decision. After a minute or two of deliberation, he opted for pleading guilty, from the advice of his defense lawyer. 3. What were the charges against the defendant? Were these summary or indictable offences? How do you know this? The defendant was charged with failing to pay traffic fines before the due date. Hobbs was initially fined with two counts of traffic related offences. The first was for exceeding the speed limit, with a recorded speed of 20-30 km/h over the speed limit and the second was for failing to obey traffic light signals at an intersection. The prosecutor stated that, according to s.92 ss. (1) of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Qld), the duty of persons in charge of dangerous things; if a person is in charge of a dangerous thing, the person must use reasonable care and take reasonable precautions in its use or management to avoid danger to anyone else’s life, health or safety. According to ss. 2; something is dangerous if it is a type of thing that would endanger anyone else’s life, safety or health if care or precaution is not taken in its use or management. The example given from the code states that; a vehicle, club, pencil, person’s fist, are all deemed dangerous, so long as reasonable precautions are not taken. All are considered when applying this legislation. In ss.3 a “thing” includes anything living or inanimate, moving or stationary. According to s.22 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Qld), “An act or omission that makes the person

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