Crime and Sentencing Robbery with Aggravation in UK Law
Leading Cases
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Connelly v DPP
... ... The Appellant took part in an armed robbery. In the course of that robbery one of the robbers ... , but I cannot disregard the fact that with certain exceptions it has been held proper in a ... the three others) with robbery with aggravation contrary to section 23 (1) ( a ) of the Larceny ... he had not been present at the scene of the crime. He made an alternative submission that if he was ... ...
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Norris v Government of the United States of America (No 2)
... ... LORD PHILLIPS , with whom all the members of the court agree ... cooperation in the fight against crime ... 6 The relevant treaty in the ... He then committed a robbery for which he received a two year prison sentence ... regard to the anti-trust violations in sentencing him for obstruction of justice. The Divisional ... 1100 on non-extraditable offences as aggravation). The Divisional Court refused to certify as a ... ...
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R v Offen and Others (No 1)
... ... five appeals all involve section 2 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 'the 1997 Act'. (This is now ... 109 Powers of the Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000. In this judgment we will refer to ... Act'), or that section 2 is incompatible with a Convention right so that the appellants are ... ) of the Firearms Act 1968; and (h)robbery where, at some time during the commission of the ... ' in order to prevent a retrospective aggravation of the penalty that was applicable for the ... ...
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Ali v State of Trinidad and Tobago; Tiwari v Same
... ... a jury on counts of rape, two charges of robbery with aggravation and arson. He was unrepresented ... apply afresh the principles of sentencing. It must take all relevant facts into ... because of the high level of very serious crime and, largely, as Nelson JA said at para 49 of his ... ...
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Legislation
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The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2016
... ... In accordance with section 10(2)(2) of that Act, a draft of this ... firearm by persons previously convicted of crime) ;(j) section 24(19) (supplying firearms to ... ) Reset (excluding reset of plagium) .(16) Robbery.(17) Theft (excluding plagium) .(18) ... drugs) ;(c) section 4A(124) (aggravation of offence of supply of controlled drug) ;(d) ... 1A was inserted by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c.10), ... ...
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The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2022
... ... In accordance with section 10(2) of that Act 2 , a draft of this ... (a) false accusation of a crime, ... (b) perjury, ... (c) prevarication on ... 16A. Robbery. S-16B ... 16B. Wilful fire-raising. (8) Omit ... and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (aggravation by connection with human trafficking activity) 57 ... by section 142(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) and ... ...
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The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022
... ... In accordance with section 126ZB(2) of that Act, a draft of this ... (a) false accusation of a crime, ... (b) perjury, ... (c) prevarication on ... 16A. Robbery. S-16B ... 16B. Wilful fire-raising. (8) ... and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (aggravation by connection with human trafficking activity) 56 ... by section 142(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) and ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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The Hate Threshold
Hate crime laws have emerged within a climate of penal expansion and identity politics. They contain ideological claims designed to reconfigure social norms and regimes of difference. This article ...... ... in the Construction of Prejudice-motivated Crime Gail Mason University of Sydney, Australia ... Analysis of Australian sentencing aggravation law reveals that co urts have set a ... effect by sending the message that ‘people with dis- abilities, particular sexual orientations ... - native motive for the offence, such as robbery or a pre-existing dispute with the victim, the ... ...
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Multiple-Victim Murder, Multiple Murders and Sched. 21 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003
A small proportion of convicted murderers kill more than one victim: some kill two or more victims by a single act; others kill one at a time. Schedule 21 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 identifie...... ... furtherance of a robbery or burglary, or for payment, or in the ... defendant intended to obstruct or interfere with the course of ... justice by committing the ... Where there is no such accompanying aggravation, there should be a lower starting point (of 30 ... than exhaustive4 and it is for the sentencing judges to ... 4 See the text relating to n. 3 ... proportionate sentences the gravity of any crime is a combination of the actual or threatened harm ... ...
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Legal Commentary Sentencing Youths: Distinctiveness and Individualism
... ... time of their offence (armed commercial robbery and looting), media reporting also expressed ... As a starting point for those less familiar with youth justice in the United Kingdom, it may be ... offending by children and young persons (Crime and Disorder Act 1998 s.37(1)). Courts ... The principal aggravation lay in the robbery being committed by a group ... ...
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The individualization of punishment: Sentencing in Slovenia
Sentencing issues are discussed at length in common law systems, but discussions infrequently include civil law systems. In an attempt to remedy this oversight somewhat, the article analyses the se...... ... With regard to criminal justice issues, it has ely low crime and imprisonment rates, but the latter has been ... crime > 5 years > 5 years 1–8 years Robbery (Art. 206) Use of threat and/or force Multiple ... 4 Mitigation and aggravation Mitigating and aggravating circumstances are ... ...
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