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This Practice Note was issued on 30 March 2017 and will apply to sentencing hearings in the Supreme Court and the County Court commenced on or after 1 July 2017, but only to expert evidence which addresses questions of the mental functioning of an offender.

Author
Supreme Court of Victoria
Publisher
Supreme Court of Victoria
Date of publication