Regina v Sallis: CACD 29 Jan 2003

The magistrates had made an error in the form of committal, when remitting the defendant to the Crown Court for sentence.
Held: The error had the effect of limiting the Crown Court to the powers which had been available to the magistrates. The statement of committal under section 4 had failed to include, as was required, a statement that the magistrates were of the opinion that they also had power to commit the defendant under section 3(2). This had the effect of disapplying section 5 in the crown Court.

Judges:

Holland, Hallett JJ

Citations:

Times 07-Feb-2003

Statutes:

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 4

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Magistrates, Criminal Sentencing

Updated: 05 May 2022; Ref: scu.178999