R v Mueller [2015] NSWCCA 292

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Mueller [2015] NSWCCA 292 Hearing dates: 11 November 2015 Date of orders: 11 November 2015 Decision date: 27 November 2015 Before: Ward JA [1] Davies J [2] RS Hulme AJ [3] Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: Indecent assault – offences taken into account – mental disorder – acute psychotic state – sentence not inadequate Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Attorney-General's Application under s 37 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (No 1 of 2002) (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; 137 A Crim R 180; [2002] NSWCCA 518 DPP v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Kentwell v The Queen [2014] 37; 252 CLR 601; 238 A Crim R 134 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; 244 CLR 120 Palijan v R [2010] NSWCCA 142 R v Ball [2013] NSWCCA 126 R v Cahill [2015] NSWCCA 53 R v RM [2015] NSWCCA 4 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina Peter Mueller Representation: Counsel: Crown: Ms S Dowling SC Respondent: M Smith

Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions McGirr Lawyers File Number(s): 2013/136171 Publication restriction: No Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court of NSW Jurisdiction: Criminal Date of Decision: 14 July 2015 Before: Huggett DCJ File Number(s): 2013/136171