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Criminal law [2024] JRC 281

AG v Caires

AG v Caires [2024] JRC 281 (13 December 2024)

The Royal Court sentenced a defendant for driving offences, substituting community service for custody because of strong mitigation, remorse, delay, and a supportive pre-sentence report.

  • Sentencing
  • Driving offences
  • Community service
  • Disqualification
  • Driving-offences
  • Community-service
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Criminal law [2018] JRC 065B

Hobson -v- AG

Hobson -v- AG [2018] JRC 065B (27 March 2018)

Appeal against sentence for careless driving by a police officer responding to a Code 1 call was allowed. The fine was reduced and the driving ban set aside.

  • Careless driving
  • Sentencing
  • Emergency responder mitigation
  • Disqualification
  • Fine
  • Careless-driving
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Criminal law [2015] JRC 080

AG -v- Frankowski

AG -v- Frankowski [2015] JRC 080 (24 April 2015)

Sentencing for affray and driving offences: the defendant received community service, probation, and a driving ban, with custody avoided because of mitigation and time already served.

  • Affray
  • Driving offences
  • Knife crime
  • Sentencing
  • Community service
  • Probation
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Criminal law [2013] JRC 242

AG -v- Coote

AG -v- Coote [2013] JRC 242 (29 November 2013)

Sentencing for driving whilst unfit and failing to stop: fines were imposed, with default youth detention for non-payment and a 12-month driving ban.

  • Driving whilst unfit
  • Failure to stop
  • Sentencing
  • Disqualification
  • Driving-whilst-unfit
  • Failure-to-stop
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Criminal law [2012] JRC 051

B -v- AG

B -v- AG [2012] JRC 051 (14 March 2012)

A Jersey appeal against a youth court sentence for driving while over the limit was dismissed, with the fine payment period extended to 10 months.

  • Sentencing
  • Driving under the influence
  • Disqualification
  • Fine
  • Drink-driving
  • Driving-disqualification
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Election law [2011] JLR 709

In re Pearce v

In re Pearce v [2011] JLR 709 (20 September 2011)

The court held that a fine was not an adequate sanction for knowingly making a false declaration of previous offences, but declined to disqualify the candidate once voters were properly informed.

  • Candidate declaration
  • False statement
  • Disqualification
  • Election-law
  • Candidate-disqualification
  • False-statement
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Criminal law

Att. Gen. v Hernandes

Att. Gen. v Hernandes [2006] JLR_Note 32 (17 October 2006)

Sentencing note in a Jersey road traffic case concerning driving under the influence of drink, where disqualification from driving was imposed.

  • Driving under influence
  • Sentencing
  • Disqualification
  • Driving-under-influence
  • Driving-disqualification
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Criminal law

Short v Att. Gen.

Short v Att. Gen. [1985] JLR_Note 19b (04 November 1985)

Sentencing note on failure to stop and report an accident, holding that disqualification was an appropriate sentence under Jersey criminal law.

  • Failure to stop and report accident
  • Sentencing
  • Disqualification
  • Criminal-law
  • Failure-to-stop-and-report-accident
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