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Criminal law [2024] JRC 174

AG v AB

AG v AB [2024] JRC 174 (21 August 2024)

The Royal Court determined that a mixed indictment against a 17-year-old defendant should be tried by the Inferior Number in the Magistrate’s Court.

  • Mode of trial
  • Mixed indictments
  • Customary law offences
  • Statutory offences
  • Child defendants
  • Court procedure
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 201

AG v RR

AG v RR [2023] JRC 201 (26 October 2023)

A 15-year-old defendant received 15 months’ youth detention for multiple assaults, with probation revoked and restraining orders imposed.

  • Youth detention
  • Assault
  • Probation breach
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Youth-detention
  • Probation-breach
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 061

AG v RR

AG v RR [2023] JRC 061 (19 April 2023)

The Royal Court allowed the Crown’s bail appeal, finding bail unreasonable for a 15-year-old convicted of repeated violent offences and remanding him in custody.

  • Bail
  • Youth offenders
  • Sentencing
  • Violent offences
  • Youth-offenders
  • Violent-offences
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 228

D v AG

D v AG [2022] JRC 228 (24 October 2022)

The Royal Court held the Magistrate’s Court can, in principle, order a sentencing hearing in private, and remitted the matter for reconsideration under the correct principles.

  • Open justice
  • Sentencing in private
  • Children's rights
  • Case management powers
  • Reporting restrictions
  • Open-justice
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 163

AG v V

AG v V [2022] JRC 163 (01 August 2022)

A young defendant was sentenced for drug possession and importation offences. The Royal Court imposed community service and probation, not youth detention.

  • Drug offences
  • Sentencing of young offenders
  • Importation of controlled substances
  • Drug-offences
  • Sentencing
  • Young-offenders
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Criminal law [2021] JRC 143

Y v AG 26-May-2021

Y v AG 26-May-2021 [2021] JRC 143 (26 May 2021)

The court reduced a young offender’s community service sentence to 180 hours and cut a driving disqualification from 12 months to 6 months.

  • Sentencing
  • Community service orders
  • Driving disqualification
  • Larceny
  • Carrying offensive weapon
  • Community-service-orders
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Criminal law [2015] JRC 162

AG -v- H

AG -v- H [2015] JRC 162 (31 July 2015)

A 17-year-old defendant was sentenced to 12 months’ youth detention for assault and grave and criminal assault, with a concurrent term for breach of probation.

  • Assault
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Breach of probation
  • Youth detention
  • Exclusion order
  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
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Criminal law [2015] JRC 096

AG -v- Richomme

AG -v- Richomme [2015] JRC 096 (08 May 2015)

The Jersey Royal Court sentenced a young offender to 18 months’ youth detention after repeated breaches of non-custodial orders and a subsequent affray.

  • Breach of probation
  • Community service order
  • Youth detention
  • Affray
  • Sentencing principles for young offenders
  • Criminal-sentencing
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Criminal law [2012] JRC 115

AG -v- F

AG -v- F [2012] JRC 115 (08 June 2012)

Sentencing of a 17-year-old for two assault counts after a drunken street attack in Jersey. The court imposed lengthy community service instead of youth detention.

  • Assault
  • Sentencing of young offenders
  • Community service orders
  • Assault-sentencing
  • Young-offenders
  • Community-service-orders
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Criminal law [2011] JRC 074

AG -v- W

AG -v- W [2011] JRC 074 (08 April 2011)

The defendant, aged 16 at the time of the offence and 17 at sentencing, committed a grave and criminal assault with a knife against a police officer. Despite statutory guidance favoring a 12-month maximum for youth detention, the seriousness of the assault and prior record justified an 18-month concurrent youth detention sentence.

  • Youth detention
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Larceny
  • Public disorder
  • Sentencing guidelines
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