| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2007] All ER (D) 28 (Jun) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2007] EWCA Crim 1166 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Sir Igor Judge P, Gage LJ, Goldring, Rafferty and Swift JJ |
| Representation | Matthew Maynard (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant in the appeal. |
| Elizabeth Bussey-Jones (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant in the application. | |
| Nicholas Hilliard and Nigel Povoas (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Lord Goldsmith QC, A-G, for the Attorney General. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 6 June 2007 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Custodial sentence - Imprisonment for public protection - Dangerousness - Whether judge assessing defendant's dangerousness precluded from considering information about criminal behaviour if behaviour not resulting in criminal conviction - , s 229.
The Case
Sentence Custodial sentence. Absent a conviction, a court making a decision as to a defendant's dangerousness for the purposes of s229 of the was not precluded from considering evidence of previous misconduct which would amount to a criminal offence.
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