| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2008] All ER (D) 149 (Aug) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2008] EWCA Crim 1322 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Latham LJ, David Clarke and Macduff JJ |
| Representation | Graham Huston (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Jonathan Spicer (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 14 May 2008 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Jury convicting defendant of drugs and firearms offences - Judge imposing total sentence of ten years' imprisonment - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.
The Case
Sentence Imprisonment. Where the defendant was sentenced to a total of ten years' imprisonment in respect of, inter alia, an offence of possession of cocaine with intent to supply and two offences of possessing a firearm when prohibited from doing so, the court held that, in all the circumstances, those sentences were manifestly excessive. Accordingly, those sentences were quashed and substituted with sentences making a total of seven years' imprisonment.
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