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Mahmud v. The Queen

Case No. S137/2011
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

24/09/2010 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal)(Giles JA, Hulme J, Latham J)

[2010] NSWCCA 219

Catchwords

Court of Criminal Appeal held that sentences were manifestly inadequate - Division 1, Part 4 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 should have been taken into account.

Short Particulars

Documents

13/04/2011 Application for special leave to appeal

18/04/2011 Hearing (Single Justice, Melbourne)

09/05/2011 Written submissions (Applicant)

09/05/2011 Chronology

17/05/2011 Written submissions (Respondent)

23/05/2011 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth intervening)

23/05/2011 Written submissions (Attorney-General for Western Australia intervening)

23/05/2011 Written submissions (Attorney-General for New South Wales intervening)

23/05/2011 Written submissions (Attorney-General for South Australia intervening)

27/05/2011 Reply and reply to intervenors

08/06/2011 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Special leave refused see transcript)