NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Melikian v R [2008] NSWCCA 156
HEARING DATE(S): 18 June 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 10 July 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Hidden J at 2; Price J at 3
DECISION: (i) Leave to appeal be granted. (ii) Quash the sentence imposed by the sentencing Judge. (iii) Sentence the applicant to imprisonment for a non-parole period of three years to date from 16 February 2006 and expire on 15 February 2009 and a balance of term of one year and six months expiring on 15 August 2010.
CATCHWORDS: Criminal law sentencing - parity - justifiable sense of grievance - re-sentence
Crimes Act 1900 s 527C(1) LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 6(3) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 s 25(1)
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Kairouz [2005] NSWCCA 247 R v Kollas & Mitchell [2002] NSWCCA 491 R v Ilbay [2000] NSWCCA 251 CASES CITED : R v M.A.K R v M.S.K [2006] NSWCCA 381 R v McNaughton [2006] NSWCCA 242 R v Shi [2004] NSWCCA 135 Regina v Fernando [2002] NSWCCA 28 Regina v MacDonnell (2002) 128 A Crim R 44 Thompson v R [2007] NSWCCA 299
PARTIES: Vartan Melikian Regina
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/2783
COUNSEL: H Cox (Applicant) P Ingram (Respondent)
SOLICITORS: S O'Connor Legal Aid Commission S Kavanagh Solicitor for Public Prosecutions
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Sides DCJ
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