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Criminal law [2019] JRC 009A

Mildren v AG

Mildren v AG [2019] JRC 009A (31 January 2019)

The court quashed a conviction for driving whilst disqualified after finding the disqualification had expired, and quashed a consecutive driving ban imposed without statutory power.

  • Driving whilst disqualified
  • Driving without insurance
  • Driving with excess alcohol
  • Sentencing powers
  • Appeal out of time
  • Driving-whilst-disqualified
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Criminal law [2016] JRC 072

AG -v- Maton

AG -v- Maton [2016] JRC 072 (24 March 2016)

The Royal Court held that a magistrate may still commit a case for trial under Article 3(2) of the 1949 Law before sentence, even after a guilty plea has been entered.

  • Committal procedure
  • Jurisdiction of magistrate's court
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Sentencing powers
  • Committal-procedure
  • Magistrates-court-jurisdiction
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Criminal law [2009] JRC 039

LG -v- AG

LG -v- AG [2009] JRC 039 (04 March 2009)

The court upheld a youth detention sentence for a 17-year-old female offender, holding that a lack of female young-offender facilities did not make the sentence unlawful.

  • Youth detention
  • Sentencing powers
  • Custodial vs non-custodial penalties
  • Discrimination
  • European convention on human rights
  • Youth-detention
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Criminal law

Att. Gen v Corcoran

Att. Gen v Corcoran [1996] JLR_Note 16c (25 October 1996)

A Jersey criminal sentencing note on when a court may exercise the power to commit a defendant for sentence.

  • Committal for sentence
  • Sentencing powers
  • Criminal-law
  • Sentencing
  • Committal-for-sentence
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Criminal law [1982] JLR 249

Att. Gen. v Gallichan

Att. Gen. v Gallichan [1982] JLR 249 (06 December 1982)

The court held that a magistrate has no power, after breach of a probation order, to remand a defendant to a higher court for sentencing.

  • Bail
  • Remand
  • Probation order
  • Sentencing powers
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Probation-order
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