AG -v- Harris [2008] JRC 019 (08 February 2008)
The defendant's lack of prior involvement, cooperation, remorse, and financial hardship justified a community service sentence rather than imprisonment.
- Citation
- [2008] JRC 019
- Parties
- Defendant: Defendant; Prosecution: Crown
- Jurisdiction
- Jersey
- Judgment Date
- 08 February 2008
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal / Sentencing
- Outcome
- convicted
- Legal Topics
- Drug Offences, Sentencing, Mitigation
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Parties
Defendant
Defendant
Crown
Prosecution
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentencing
Legal Issues
- 1 Sentencing for possession and supply of cocaine found during employment
- 2 Appropriate mitigation for first-time offender with financial hardship
Ratio Decidendi
The defendant's lack of prior involvement, cooperation, remorse, and financial hardship justified a community service sentence rather than imprisonment.
Court Disposition
convicted
Orders
- 120 hours' community service to be served in Essex
- forfeiture and destruction of drugs
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