Courts sentencing offenders to imprisonment are now to explain the effect of remission etc in open court when sentencing; the exact form of words was set out.
Judges:
Lord Bingham of Cornhill CJ
Citations:
Times 24-Jan-1998, [1998] 1 WLR 278
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Parole Board ex parte Smith, Regina v Parole Board ex parte West (Conjoined Appeals) HL 27-Jan-2005
Each defendant challenged the way he had been treated on revocation of his parole licence, saying he should have been given the opportunity to make oral representations.
Held: The prisoners’ appeals were allowed.
Lord Bingham stated: . .
Cited – Stellato, Regina (on the Application of)v Secretary of State for the Home Department HL 28-Feb-2007
The prisoner had served part of his ten year sentence, been released on licence and then recalled. He complained that the new parole system under which he had then to apply was invalid, having been made Parliament by negative resolution.
Held: . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.84880