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Public Prosecutor v Raveen Balakrishnan

[2018] SGCA 11
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2018
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Singapore Court of Appeal set out the framework for sentencing multiple offences, addressing the totality principle, one-transaction rule, and when sentences should run consecutively or concurrently.

Key Principle

sentencing for multiple offences; totality principle; consecutive vs concurrent sentences; one-transaction rule; aggregate proportionality

Area of Law

criminal

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