Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 407 (Mar)
Neutral Citation: [2006]EWCA Crim 2564
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Holland J and Sir John Blofeld
Representation Jonathan Clarke (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
  Julian Taylor (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 6 October 2006

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Possession of a Class A drug - Being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug - Whether sentence manifestly excessive. .

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment.Where the defendant had pleaded guilty to possession of a Class A drug and being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug and had been sentenced to 32 months' imprisonment, the sentence could not be regarded as manifestly excessive. The judge had had the opportunity of hearing the evidence through the conduct of the trial, and had had every opportunity to form his own view on full evidence as to the level of involvement of the defendant and co-defendants. It was possible that the sentence was at the severe end of the scale; however, it was quite impossible to say that it was manifestly excessive.

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