| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2011] All ER (D) 84 (Aug) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Thomas LJ, Davis and Treachy JJ (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | Stuart Muldoon, solicitor advocate of Stevens Solicitors (Stoke-on-Trent), for the defendant. |
| Kate Wilkinson (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Attorney General. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 17 August 2011 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Possessing Class A drug with intent to supply - Defendant being sentenced to 40 weeks' imprisonment - Attorney General referring sentence to Court of Appeal as being unduly lenient - Whether sentence unduly lenient.
The Case
Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, quashed a sentence of 40 weeks' imprisonment for possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply and imposed one of four years' imprisonment on the basis that the original sentence had been unduly lenient.
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