McGarry v The Queen

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAGLEESON CJ,GAUDRON, McHUGH, GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE AND CALLINAN JJMICHAEL ALEXANDER McGARRY   APPELLANTANDTHE QUEEN   RESPONDENTMcGarry v The Queen[2001] HCA 62Date of Order:  6 September 2001Date of Publication of Reasons:  24 October 2001P61/2000ORDER1.   Appeal allowed.2.   Set aside par 3 of the order of the Court of Criminal Appeal of Western Australia made on 6 December 1999 and in lieu order that the order for indefinite imprisonment of the appellant is quashed.On appeal from the Supreme Court of Western AustraliaRepresentation:S Owen-Conway QC with R E Lindsay and R D Young for the appellant (instructed by Gunning)R J Meadows QC, Solicitor-General for the State of Western Australia with R E Cock QC and R M Mitchell for the respondent (instructed by Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia)Interveners:R J Meadows QC, Solicitor-General for the State of Western Australia with R E Cock QC and R M Mitchell intervening on behalf of the Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia (instructed by Crown Solicitor for the State of Western Australia)B M Selway QC, Solicitor-General for the State of South Australia with I K Haythorpe intervening on behalf of the Attorney-General for the State of South Australia (instructed by Crown Solicitor for the State of South Australia)M G Sexton SC, Solicitor-General for the State of New South Wales with M J Leeming intervening on behalf of the Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales and the Attorney-General of the State of Tasmania (instructed by Crown Solicitor for the State of New South...