DPP v Batich [2013] VSCA 53 considered a County Court case where the sentencing judge held he should refer an offence of glassing, charged as recklessly causing serious injury, back to the Magistrates' Court.Some indictable offences can be determined summarily, that is, before a court of summary jurisdiction, or before a trial court on indictment (Our …

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