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Betts v. The Queen

Case No. S281/2015

Case information

Lower Court Judgment

24/03/2015 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Meagher JA, Hidden J, RS Hulme AJ)

[2015] NSWCCA 39

Catchwords

Criminal law – Sentencing – Where Court of Criminal Appeal found that the sentencing judge made errors in the sentencing of appellant – Where Court of Appeal considered the matter afresh – Whether Court of Appeal erred by failing to consider new evidence when exercising the sentencing discretion afresh.

Short particulars

Documents

11/12/2015 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)

22/12/2015 Notice of appeal

29/01/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

29/01/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

19/02/2016 Written submissions (Respondent)

08/03/2016 Reply

08/04/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

15/06/2016 Judgment (Judgment summary)