Sentencing guidelines
7289 results
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
Stewarts Supermarkets v Dunwoody
BT/109/1993 Mr Curry
R v Samuel McMillan
Buggery - offences committed by uncle in boy's home - time lapse between date of offence and prosecution.
Samuel McMillan 040394 Kelly LJ
R v Hogg & others
Appeal against sentence - possession and supply of Class A and Class B drugs.
[1994] NI 258 Hutton LCJ
McDevitte v McKillop
BT/101/1993 Mr Jacobson
R v Sean Connolly
Possession of explosives and firearms - length of sentence - appellant pleading guilty to possession of explosives and firearms but not challenging Crown's evidence - whether sentence of 20 years' imprisonment manifestly excessive - whether appellant entitled to discount.
[1994] NIJB 226 MacDermott 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
Teggart v McIlwaine
BT/97/1993 Mr Jacobson
Corey v Donnelly
BT/76/1993 Mr Jacobson
R v Alister James Harkness
Assault with intent to rape - sentencing for "completed" rape and attempted rape.
R v Alister James Harkness 15101993 Carswell J
Practice Direction 02/1993 - Applications Under Rule 57 for Attachment of Crown Debts
Practice Direction 02/1993 - Applications Under Rule 57 for Attachment of Crown Debts
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
R v Michael Malachy Murray
Manslaughter - stabbing - provocation - whether sentence of 10 years excessive - gravity of offence against mitigating factors.
R v Murray 160793 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
Cosgrove v Cathcart
BT/31/1993 Mr Jacobson
Attorney General's Reference (No 1 of 1993)
Sentencing - Wounding with intent - Sentence of 6 months' imprisonment and payment of £500 compensation - Whether unduly lenient - whether court should exercise discretion not to increase sentence where unduly lenient when term of imprisonment already served.
[1993] NI38 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 David John O'Neill & Brian Jack Archibald
Robbery with violence - mitigating factors - alcoholic - plea of guilty.
R v O'Neill & Archibald 280193 Kelly LJ
R v Donal Gregory Carroll and Ailish Carroll
Possession of firearms with intent to endanger life - whether 22 years excessive - deterrent sentences for terrorists.
[1992] 11 NIJB 93 MacDermott LJ