AG -v- Goodchild [2016] JRC 103 (10 June 2016)
- Citation
- [2016] JRC 103
- Status
- Judgment
- Jurisdiction
- Jersey
- Posture
- Criminal / Bail Application and Plea Hearing
More details
- Posture
- Criminal / Bail Application and Plea Hearing
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Holding and result
Bail was refused because the defendant previously breached bail conditions, and the guilty plea altered the case landscape, making a custodial sentence inevitable.
Court disposition
bail refused; defendant remanded in custody
Orders
- Bail is refused.
- Defendant remanded in custody.
02
Material facts
Parties
Mr Goodchild
DefendantThe Crown
Prosecution03
Procedural history
Posture
Criminal / Bail Application and Plea Hearing
04
Questions and positions
Legal issues
- 01
Whether bail should be granted after breach of bail conditions
- 02
Effect of guilty plea on remand status
Party arguments
- Applicant
- Counsel for Mr Goodchild made a full application for bail.
- Respondent
- The Crown opposed bail due to previous breach of bail conditions.
05
Court’s reasoning
Legal principles
- 01
Court's oral reasoning
The criminal process must be followed fairly by all parties and bail conditions must be respected.
06
Ratio, limits and disposition
Ratio decidendi
Bail was refused because the defendant previously breached bail conditions, and the guilty plea altered the case landscape, making a custodial sentence inevitable.
Obiter and limits
- The criminal process does not continue at the defendant's convenience; all parties must ensure justice is done.
Court disposition
bail refused; defendant remanded in custody
- Bail is refused.
- Defendant remanded in custody.
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Judgment text
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Court record
Judgment
JUDGMENT THE BAILIFF: 1. Mr Goodchild, your counsel has made a very full application for bail but bail is refused. The Court remanded you in custody last week because you had breached the bail condition. As far as this Court is concerned it is important to make it plain to defendants that the criminal process does not continue at their convenience; it continues fairly and all parties, both the Crown and the defendant, are expected to play their part in making sure that justice is done and that the proper process is followed. Your bail was rightly revoked last week.
2. We have read the proposed agreed basis of plea and we have heard the facts as outlined by the Crown. It seems to us that inevitably we should, at this stage, take your guilty plea, even on the proposed basis which has been put forward, as changing the landscape and you are therefore looking at a custodial sentence.
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