Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 92 (Jun)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Goldring LJ, Wilkie J and Judge Loraine-Smith (judgment delivered extempore)

Representation Thomas Mackinnon (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
  Alan Blake (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 15 June 2010

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Defendant involved in drug supply network - Defendant pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs - Defendant sentenced to five-and-a-half years imprisonment - Whether judge erring.

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, dismissed the defendant's appeal against sentence for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs on the basis that there was nothing manifestly excessive about the sentence and no problem with the judge's reasoning.

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