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Criminal law [2023] JRC 207

Turner v AG

Turner v AG [2023] JRC 207 (07 November 2023)

The Royal Court dismissed a sentence appeal for careless driving, upholding a ÂŁ5,000 fine and 12-month disqualification as neither manifestly excessive nor wrong in principle.

  • Careless driving
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Appeal against sentence
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Fines
  • Careless-driving
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Her Majesty’s Attorney General v Alexander Pringle

Appeal against sentence dismissed. The Royal Court upheld 11 months’ imprisonment and a 4 years 6 months driving disqualification for repeated drink driving and uninsured driving.

  • Drink driving
  • Sentencing
  • Driving without insurance
  • Driving without a licence
  • Traffic signals
  • Totality principle
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Criminal law [2016] JRC 196

AG -v- R

AG -v- R [2016] JRC 196 (28 October 2016)

The court rejected the defendant’s claim of special reasons and imposed a 3-year driving disqualification for failing to provide a breath specimen.

  • Sentencing
  • Special reasons
  • Driving offences
  • Failure to provide breath sample
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Special-reasons
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Criminal law [2013] JRC 221

Fisher -v- AG

Fisher -v- AG [2013] JRC 221 (12 November 2013)

Appeal against a 3-month driving disqualification for repeated phone-use offences was dismissed after the court reconsidered sentence afresh and allowed some hardship.

  • Driving offences
  • Use of mobile phone while driving
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Procedural fairness
  • Driving-offences
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Criminal law [2012] JRC 195

Le Lay -v- AG

Le Lay -v- AG [2012] JRC 195 (24 October 2012)

The Royal Court upheld convictions for failing to provide a specimen, assaulting a police officer, and two assaults, but reduced the road-traffic sentence to a fine and shorter disqualification.

  • Failure to provide specimen
  • Assault on police officer
  • Assault
  • Sentencing
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Failure-to-provide-specimen
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Criminal law [2012] JRC 149

Gomes -v- AG

Gomes -v- AG [2012] JRC 149 (08 August 2012)

On appeal against sentence for mobile phone driving offences, the court reduced a 4-month driving disqualification to 1 month after considering new evidence of hardship.

  • Driving offences
  • Use of mobile phone while driving
  • Sentencing
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Sentencing-appeal
  • Driving-offences
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Robert Kevin Passman

Sentencing after guilty pleas to dangerous driving and related offences. Despite saying custody was deserved, the Royal Court imposed probation and community service.

  • Dangerous driving
  • Taking and driving away a motor vehicle
  • Insurance offences
  • Driving without a licence
  • Threatening and abusive conduct
  • Community service order
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Criminal law [2007] JRC 136

AG -v- Figueira

AG -v- Figueira [2007] JRC 136 (13 July 2007)

Sentencing for causing death by careless driving while under the influence. The Jersey court imposed 3 years’ imprisonment, disqualification, and a re-test order.

  • Causing death by careless driving
  • Driving under the influence
  • Sentencing
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Causing-death-by-careless-driving
  • Drink-and-drug-driving
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Criminal law [2007] JRC 085

AG -v- Dickinson

AG -v- Dickinson [2007] JRC 085 (20 April 2007)

Sentencing of a 20-year-old defendant for dangerous driving and related offences. The Royal Court imposed community service, probation, and driving disqualification rather than custody.

  • Dangerous driving
  • Sentencing of young offenders
  • Community service
  • Probation
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Dangerous-driving
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Criminal law

Gaspar v Att. Gen.

Gaspar v Att. Gen. [2007] JLR_Note 28 (15 March 2007)

Road traffic appeal concerning the appropriate period of disqualification from driving under the relevant statutory framework.

  • Disqualification from driving
  • Period of disqualification
  • Road-traffic
  • Driving-disqualification
  • Criminal-law
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