Melham v Regina [2011] NSWCCA 121

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Melham v Regina [2011] NSWCCA 121 Hearing dates: 23 May 2011 Decision date: 02 June 2011 Before: Macfarlan JA at 1 Johnson J at 2 Garling J at 3 Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: Criminal Law - Sentencing - Child pornography - Commonwealth and State offences - Whether mental illness material cause of crime - Whether aggravating factor errors affected sentence - Whether sentence manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 Hayek v R [2010] NSWCCA 139 Leach v The Queen [2008] NSWCCA 73 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 R v Baker [2000] NSWCCA 85 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Israil [2002] NSWCCA 255 R v Poynder [2007] NSWCCA 157 R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102 Stewart v R [2009] NSWCCA 152 Vuni v R [2006] NSWCCA 171 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Graeme Boyd Melham (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G. Walsh (Applicant) N. Adams (Respondent) Solicitors: Greg Walsh & Co (Applicant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2009/053892 Decision under appeal Citation: R v Graeme Boyd Melham Date of Decision: 2010-07-19 00:00:00 Before: Bennett DCJ File Number(s): 2009/053892