NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: CM v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 195
HEARING DATE(S): 6 August 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 19 August 2008
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJ at CL at 1; Grove J at 2; Blanch J at 19
DECISION: Leave to appeal granted but appeal dismissed
CATCHWORDS: Criminal law - sentence - application for leave to appeal against the severity of sentence whether error made in giving sufficient weight to applicant's youth - tension in sentencing where a juvenile commits a serious offence of violence
Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 s6, s19 LEGISLATION CITED: Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 s28 Crimes Act 1900 s61J(1), s86(2)(b) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s6(3)
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
CASES CITED : MS2 v The Queen (2005) 158 ACrimR 93 KT v R [2008] NSWCCA 51
PARTIES: CM (Applicant) Regina (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/4278002
COUNSEL: H Dhanji (Applicant) N Noman (Respondent)
SOLICITORS: S O'Connor, Legal Aid Commission S Kavanagh, Solicitor for Public Prosecutions
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 07/61/0006
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Hulme DCJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 6 September 2007
LOWER COURT MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION: Regina v CM
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL CCA 2007/4278002 McCLELLAN CJ at CL GROVE J BLANCH J 19 August, 2008 CM v REGINA Judgment
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