NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v Debbie Marie Adams [2002] NSWCCA 448 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60867/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 10 April 2002, 1 and 14 August 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 November 2002
PARTIES : Regina v Debbie Marie Adams JUDGMENT OF : Ipp JA at 1; Bell J at 2; Smart AJ at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 70061/99 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Sperling J OFFICER :
COUNSEL : (A) W G Dawe QC (R) G Turnbull SOLICITORS : (A) S E O'Connor (R) Forsters CATCHWORDS : Sentencing - Crown appeal - Offences of malicious wounding mother with intent and manslaughter of teacher's assistant in cooking class in Juvenile Justice Centre - prisoner severely disturbed psychologically and extremely dangerous - whether she would ever overcome her aggressive impulsive tendencies doubtful - capacity for self control severely impaired - severe personality disorder of anti-social type - kept in segregated unit - harsh custodial conditions - no suitable safe psychiatric unit available with adequate treatment - sentences manifestly inadequate Criminal Appeal Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act 1990 Mental Health Act 1900 Veen v The Queen (No 2) 164 CLR 465 D L White-Cotterell 70200/91 R v Chayna CCA unrep 8/6/93 CASES CITED: R v Heikki Veli Hietikko CCA unrep 18/6/92 House v The King (1930) 55 CLR 499 R v Low 57 A Crim R 18 R v Hill (1981) 3 A Crim R 397 R v Blacklidge CCA unrep 12/12/95 DECISION : See para 78
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