The court retains a common law power to adjourn part of its sentencing procedure. Courts should exercise considerable restraint in their interventions.
Judges:
Rose LJ
Citations:
[2000] 2 All ER 872, [2000] 2 Cr App R 361
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Jones (Timothy) CACD 23-May-2003
The court had delayed part of the sentencing procedure to fix a compensation order. However if it did so, it should state clearly the reasons for the postponement, and what sentence was to be considered at the adjourned hearing. In this case a . .
Cited – Gianchand Jahree v The State PC 28-Feb-2005
(Mauritius) The defendant appealed his conviction for possession of counterfeit bank notes, saying he had been unrepresented throughout, and that the magistrate had intervened in the character of a prosecutor.
Held: The right to representation . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Criminal Practice
Updated: 26 August 2022; Ref: scu.183271