There is no need for an indictment to set out the facts which would need to be established to allow an offence to be treated as a serious offence for the purposes of sentencing under the Act, if those facts were clearly not at issue.
Citations:
[2002] 2 Cr App R(S) 208
Statutes:
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 109
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Benfield; Regina v Sobers CACD 21-Jul-2003
The defendants appealed life sentences for second serious offences under s109. They had been convicted of robbery.
Held: The offence of robbery existed at the time when the 200 Act was created, and it was inconceivable that the new Act . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.186033
