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Criminal law [2024] JRC 121

Hawkins v AG

Hawkins v AG [2024] JRC 121 (24 May 2024)

Appeal dismissed. The Royal Court upheld forfeiture of a car used in offences of driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance, finding the order lawful and proportionate.

  • Forfeiture of property
  • Driving whilst disqualified
  • Driving without insurance
  • Sentencing discretion
  • Forfeiture-of-property
  • Driving-whilst-disqualified
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Criminal law [2022] JRC 041

AG v W

AG v W [2022] JRC 041 (08 February 2022)

The Royal Court dealt with a breach of a Community Service Order, found the defendant unwilling to comply, and revoked and re-imposed community service instead of youth detention.

  • Community service order
  • Breach of non-custodial sentence
  • Youth detention
  • Sentencing discretion
  • Community-service-order
  • Breach-of-sentence
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Criminal law [2002] JRC 175

AG -v- Louis

AG -v- Louis [2002] JRC 175 (27 September 2002)

On breach of probation, the court declined to imprison Mr Louis, citing his progress on rehabilitation, employment, and positive response to supervision.

  • Breach of probation
  • Community service
  • Sentencing discretion
  • Breach-of-probation
  • Community-service
  • Sentencing-discretion
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Maria Anne Culkin

After a guilty plea to handling drug proceeds, the court imposed 240 hours’ community service rather than custody, stressing the case was wholly exceptional.

  • Proceeds of drug trafficking
  • Community service sentence
  • Guilty plea mitigation
  • Sentencing discretion
  • Drug-trafficking
  • Money-laundering
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Criminal law [1998] UR 64

1998/64 - AG v M

1998/64 - AG v M [1998] UR 64 (28 April 1998)

Sentencing in a Jersey criminal case: the court declined youth detention and imposed a one-year probation order, treating it as the defendant’s last chance.

  • Probation
  • Youth detention
  • Sentencing discretion
  • Sentencing-discretion
  • Youth-detention
  • Criminal-sentencing
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Road traffic law

Robbie John Colligny v The Attorney General

The Royal Court reduced a 12-month driving disqualification to six weeks after finding the original sentence too long on the facts of this uninsured driving case.

  • Driving without insurance
  • Sentence appeal
  • Disqualification from driving
  • Sentencing discretion
  • Driving-without-insurance
  • Sentence-appeal
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