Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 313 (Nov)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Laws LJ, Pitchford J and the Recorder of Cardiff
Representation Daniel Cordey (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
  Gregory Taylor (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 21 November 2003

Catchwords

Sentencing - Magistrates' court - Justices' powers - Committal to Crown Court for sentencing - Either way or indictable only offences - Appropriate procedure - Three qualifying offences required for minimum term sentence provisions - Guilty pleas to two qualifying offences sufficient to meet requirements - s 51 - (Sentencing) Act 2000, s 111.

The Case

The defendant's sentence of two and a half years' imprisonment for two burglaries and an offence of theft was appropriate because the defendant's guilty pleas to burglary were sufficient to constitute a conviction for the purposes of s111 of the and the magistrates had appropriately committed the second burglary to the Crown Court, pursuant to s51 of the .

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