NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Michael Lawrence WAUGH (aka WILLOUGHBY) v R [2010] NSWCCA 3
HEARING DATE(S): 16 December 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 11 February 2010
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJatCL at 1; Simpson J at 2; Hidden J at 3
DECISION: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - application for leave to appeal against sentence - armed robbery - whether sentencing judge gave adequate weight to applicant's mental condition arising from use of a drug and to his troubled background - whether effect of applicant's imprisonment upon his family should have been taken into account
LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Wright (1997) 93 A Crim R 48 CASES CITED : R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111, 46 NSWLR 346 R v Speeding [2001] NSWCCA 105, 121 A Crim R 246 R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510
PARTIES: Michael Lawrence WAUGH (Applicant) REGINA (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2008/3360
COUNSEL: Self Represented (Applicant) N Gouda (Respondent)
SOLICITORS: Self Represented (Applicant) S Kavanagh (Solicitor for Public Prosecutions)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 2008/3360
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Knight DCJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 13 June 2008
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 2008/3360
McCLELLAN CJ at CL SIMPSON J HIDDEN J
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