NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : Regina v Melissa Kay Reeves [2002] NSWCCA 33 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60454/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 February 2002
PARTIES : Regina (Respondent) Melissa Kay Reeves (Applicant) JUDGMENT OF : Hidden J at 20; Buddin J at 2
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/31/0302 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL English DCJ OFFICER :
COUNSEL : PJP Power (Crown - Respondent) H Dhanji (Applicant) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Crown - Respondent) DJ Humphreys (Applicant) CATCHWORDS : Sentence - Appeal against severity - Pervert the course of justice - suspended sentence - breach of conditions thereof -"stale" offence - "special circumstances" LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Regina v Fahda (1999) NSWCCA 267 Regina v Giang [2001] NSWCCA 276 Regina v Kavich NSWCCA unreported, 26 October 1993 CASES CITED: Regina v Mill (1988) 166 CLR 59 Regina v Shore (1992) 66 A Crim R 37 Regina v Thomson & Houlton [2000] 49 NSWLR 383 Regina v Todd (1982) 2 NSWLR 517 Regina v V NSWCCA unreported, 24 February 1998 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted; Appeal allowed; Sentence passed in District Court quashed; Applicant sentenced to 15 months imprisonment commencing on 19 June 2001 and expiring on 18 September 2002. Non-parole period of 9 months is fixed to expire on 18 March 2002.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 60454/01 HIDDEN J BUDDIN J 13 FEBRUARY 2002
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