This application raises a sharp point about the function of a sifting judge in summary criminal appeals. This Opinion is designed to emphasise that the sifting decision must relate to the stated case, notably the questions posed in it, and not to the content of any earlier, and essentially superseded, application for a stated case. The latter ought not to form any material part of the judge’s sift decision.
2015 SCL 375, [2015] ScotHC HCJAC – 14, 2015 GWD 8-150, 2015 SLT 214, 2015 SCCR 175
Bailii
Scotland
Criminal Practice
Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.544185