Conviction in Excess of Jurisdiction
Appeal against conviction by the unusual route of a certificate of the trial judge. The defendant had been convicted of having a bladed article and of resisting a police constable. He had been convicted by a jury of an offence triable only summarily.
Held: Upon the entry of the not guilty plea, the Crown Court ceased to have jurisdiction, and should have remitted to the Magistrates. The conviction was quashed.
Bean LJ, Foskett, Hickinbottom JJ
[2016] EWCA Crim 1405
Bailii
Crime and Disorder Act 1998
England and Wales
Criminal Practice
Updated: 11 November 2021; Ref: scu.570715
