AG -v- Gillespie [2015] JRC 115 (27 May 2015)
The appropriate sentence for importing 123.2 grams of cocaine is 10 years, reduced to 6 years due to a full one-third discount for a guilty plea and additional mitigation, with no exceptional circumstances warranting further reduction.
- Citation
- [2015] JRC 115
- Parties
- Prosecution: Crown
- Jurisdiction
- Jersey
- Judgment Date
- 27 May 2015
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal / Sentencing
- Outcome
- convicted and sentenced
- Legal Topics
- Drug Importation, Sentencing, Mitigation, Guilty Plea
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Parties
Crown
Prosecution
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentencing
Legal Issues
- 1 Appropriate sentence for importation of Class A drugs
- 2 Consideration of mitigation and guilty plea in sentencing
Ratio Decidendi
The appropriate sentence for importing 123.2 grams of cocaine is 10 years, reduced to 6 years due to a full one-third discount for a guilty plea and additional mitigation, with no exceptional circumstances warranting further reduction.
Court Disposition
convicted and sentenced
Orders
- 6 years' imprisonment
- forfeiture and destruction of the drugs
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