Burinskas, Regina v, (Attorney General’s Reference (No 27 of 2013)): CACD 4 Mar 2014

Effect upon sentencing of amendments to dangerous offender provisions

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd CJ, Mitting, Thirlwall JJ
[2014] WLR(D) 110, [2014] 2 Cr App R (S) 45, [2015] 1 All ER 93, [2014] 1 WLR 4209, [2014] EWCA Crim 334
WLRD, Bailii
Criminal Justice Act 2003, Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
England and Wales
Citing:
CitedRegina v DP CACD 2013
The court considered an offence committed before 3 April 2005 when the CJA 2003 came into effect, and was sentenced before 3 December 2012 when new sentencing rules came into effect changing the 2003 rules.
Held: The Court upheld a sentence of . .

Cited by:
CitedDocherty, Regina v SC 14-Dec-2016
After conviction on his own admission for wounding with intent, and with a finding that he posed a threat to the public, the defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for public protection. Such sentences were abolished with effect from the day after . .
AppliedMcCann and Others, Regina v CACD 11-Dec-2020
Whether whole life order appropriate on sentencing for serious sexual offences. . .
CitedStott, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Justice SC 28-Nov-2018
Extended Determinate Sentence created Other Status
The prisoner was subject to an extended determinate sentence (21 years plus 4) for 10 offences of rape. He complained that as such he would only be eligible for parole after serving two thirds of his sentence rather than one third, and said that . .

Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Criminal Sentencing

Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.522315