AG v Borland [2024] JRC 078 (09 April 2024)
The sentence is determined by applying the Rimmer guidelines, starting at 9 years due to weight and purity, reduced for early guilty plea and mitigation to 5 years and 3 months' imprisonment.
- Citation
- [2024] JRC 078
- Parties
- Defendant: Unknown Defendant; Prosecutor: Crown
- Jurisdiction
- Jersey
- Judgment Date
- 09 April 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal / Sentencing
- Outcome
- convicted and sentenced
- Legal Topics
- Drug Importation, Sentencing, Mitigation
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Parties
Unknown Defendant
Defendant
Crown
Prosecutor
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentencing
Legal Issues
- 1 appropriate sentence for importation of Class A drugs
- 2 application of sentencing guidelines for cocaine trafficking
- 3 consideration of mitigation factors
Ratio Decidendi
The sentence is determined by applying the Rimmer guidelines, starting at 9 years due to weight and purity, reduced for early guilty plea and mitigation to 5 years and 3 months' imprisonment.
Court Disposition
convicted and sentenced
Orders
- 5 years and 3 months' imprisonment
- postponement of confiscation proceedings for six weeks
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