AG -v- Derrick [2016] JRC 166E (21 September 2016)

Social supply and mitigation factors warrant reduction from 7 years to 3 years imprisonment; forfeiture and destruction of drugs ordered.

Citation: [2016] JRC 166E
Parties: Defendant: Unknown Defendant; Prosecutor: Attorney General
Jurisdiction: Jersey
Judgment Date: 21 September 2016
Procedural Posture: Criminal / Sentencing
Outcome: convicted and sentenced
Legal Topics: Drug Offences, Sentencing, Mitigation

Criminal Law Drug Offences Sentencing Mitigation

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Parties

Unknown Defendant

Defendant

Attorney General

Prosecutor

Procedural Posture

Criminal / Sentencing

Legal Issues

1 appropriate sentence for social supply of cocaine
2 mitigation for guilty plea and character
3 forfeiture of drugs

Ratio Decidendi

Social supply and mitigation factors warrant reduction from 7 years to 3 years imprisonment; forfeiture and destruction of drugs ordered.

Court Disposition

convicted and sentenced

Orders

3 years' imprisonment
forfeiture and destruction of drugs