Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 24 (Aug)
Court: Divisional Court
Judge:

Henriques and Stanley Burnton JJ

Representation Joanne Wallbanks (instructed by Lichfield Reynolds, Stoke-on-Trent) for the defendant.
  The prosecution did not appear and was not represented.
Judgment Dates: 5 August 2004

Catchwords

Sentencing - Indication of sentence - Legitimate expectation of lesser sentence - Committal for sentence.

The Case

Having regard to previous authorities, the district judge had, in all the circumstances, created a legitimate expectation that, should the defendant prove suitable, a drug testing and treatment order would be made.

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