Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 249 (Dec)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Lord Woolf CJ, Gage and Thomas JJ

Representation David Watson and Sally Smith (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 28 November 2001

Catchwords

Sentencing - Young offender - Prison report - Prison report on young offender to be obtained prior to hearing of any appeal.

The Case

In appeals involving young offenders or those just over that age, it is very valuable for the court to have available to it a report from the institution at which the sentence is being served, which sets out the progress that has been made by the defendant.

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