R v Joanne Conlon
Theft from employer over period of time - mother of a young child - compassion and clemency exhibited by employer - whether should be taken into account.
R v Conlon 07021997 MacDermott LJ105 results
R v Boyd
Theft of car; driving whilst uninsured and disqualified; and reckless driving - "joyrider" - deterrent sentence - offence charged under Theft Act.
MACDERMOTT LJ14 JUNE 1996 MacDermott LJ
R v Stalford and O'Neill
Appeal against sentence - possession with intent to supply - ecstasy - value and quantity of drugs seized - age, background and addiction of appellants.
R v Stalford and O'Neill MacDermott LJ
R v Robin Henderson
Look-out for robbery with violence - contemplation of violence - crime committed to finance drug habit.
R v Henderson 080396 Carswell LCJ
Attorney General's Reference (Nos 1 & 2 of 1996)
Suspended sentence - adequacy of sentence - offences against the person - causing grievous bodily harm and burglary - whether suspended sentences unduly lenient - procedure for suspending sentence.
[1996] NI 456 MacDermott LCJ
R v Doran
Burglary and reckless driving - length of sentence - appellant sentenced to five years' imprisonment after pleading - appellant suffering from schizophrenia - whether sentence should be reduced.
[1995] NIJB 75 Hutton LCJ
R v Fraser & Others
Armed robbery - length of sentence - co-accused pleading not guilty at time appellants sentenced - co-accused subsequently pleading guilty to aiding and abetting, counselling and procuring armed robbery - co-accused sentenced to shorter prison terms than appellants - disparity in sentences - whether appellant's sentences should be reduced - whether justification for appellant's sense of grievance.
[1995] NIJB 66 Hutton LCJ
R v Frederick Douglas
Terrorist Offences - attempted murder - possession of firearms with intent - disparity between sentences of co-accused - accused charged with committing a number of offences - concurrent sentences.
R v Douglas 050595 Hutton LCJ
R v John Glennon, Francis Maher, John Kennaway, Damien Justin Morgan
Terrorist offences - conspiracy to murder, possession of firearms with intent and false imprisonment - court should decide appropriate sentence without reference to questions of remission or parole - deterrent sentences for terrorist offences.
R V Glennon & Others 030395 MacDermott LJ
R v Delaney
Disparity - principles to be applied - appellant convicted of several counts of burglary after admitting offences some of which had been committed with associate - appellant receiving same sentence as associate even though committing less crimes and stealing less property - whether disparity grounds for reduction of appellant's sentence and whether unfair to appellant.
[1994] NIJB 31 Carswell LJ
R v Michael G Magee & John Francis O'Hagan
Terrorist offences - conspiracy to murder and cause explosion - deterrent sentences - whether account should be taken for time spent in prison on previous charges.
R v Magee & O'Hagan 171293 Hutton LCJ
R v Lendrum
Thirty month imprisonment for offence of burglary - whether excessive or wrong in principle - activation of suspended sentence.
[1993] 7 NIJB 78 Hutton LCJ
Attorney General's Reference (No.2 of 1993)
Thirty month imprisonment for offence of burglary - elderly victim - suspended sentence - exceptional mitigating circumstances - whether unduly lenient.
[1993] 5 NIJB 71 Hutton LCJ
R v Rowden & Toal
Burglary - offences committed while appellant on bail for another offence - totality of consecutive sentences - disparity between co-accused in respect of the number and quality of their previous convictions - discount for plea of guilty when appellant caught red handed.
R v Rowden & Toal 050293 Hutton LCJ
R v Stephen McMullan
Taking motor vehicle without owner's consent; criminal damage; reckless driving; driving whilst uninsured and disqualified - "joyrider" - concurrent and consecutive sentences and operation of previously imposed suspended sentence.
McMullan 090992 Hutton LCJ
Attorney General's Reference (No 1 of 1991)
Defendants assaulted police officers in an effort to escape after committing burglary - distinction between attempt to resist arrest and intent to inflict grievous bodily harm - concurrent and consecutive sentence - whether sentence for initial offence should be fixed independently of assault - whether sentence unduly lenient.
[1991] 9 NIJB 72 Hutton LCJ
R v Raymond Gerard Quigg
Making property available for use in connection with terrorism - whether sentence of 10 years manifestly excessive - weight given to the physical condition and personal history of the appellant.
[1991] 9 NIJB 38 Hutton LCJ
R v Stuart James Gouldie
Suspended sentence - activation - factors to be taken into account by Court - whether sentence should be activated in its entirety.
R v Gouldie 081191 Hutton LCJ
R v Ivan Frederick Houston
Robbery of bank with imitation firearm - exceptional personal circumstance of appellant based on fact - ex police officer who had been subject to two terrorist attacks and had turned to alcohol.
R v Houston 041091 Hutton LCJ
R v Rosaleen McCorley
Attempted murder - booby-trap bomb - appellant's good record and background - whether 22 years imprisonment manifestly excessive.
[1991] 4 NIJB 70 Hutton LCJ