Crime and Sentencing Robbery with Aggravation in UK Law

  • Connelly v DPP
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Abril 1964
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • Norris v Government of the United States of America (No 2)
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 Febrero 2010
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • R v Offen and Others (No 1)
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 09 Noviembre 2000
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • Ali v State of Trinidad and Tobago; Tiwari v Same
    • Privy Council
    • 02 Noviembre 2005
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Doody ; R v Same, ex parte Pierson ; R v Same, ex parte Smart ; R v Same, ex parte Pegg
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Junio 1993
    ... ... which I have read in draft and with which I agree. I would dismiss the appeal, and ... 5 The sentencing of a convicted murderer according to English law ... there may be of mitigation or aggravation, there is only one course for him to take, namely ... to be accounted for by the fact that the crime has resulted in the death of the victim, since ... ...
  • R v Oakes R v Restivo R v Roberts R v Simmons R v Stapleton
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 21 Noviembre 2012
    ... ... , and two of rape and associated sexual crime. For those convicted of murder the mandatory ... 3 Dealing with it very briefly for the moment, the jurisprudence ... to revisit the steady development of sentencing practice which followed the abolition of the ... vulnerable son (all features of aggravation) the court was satisfied that, notwithstanding ... convictions, including a conviction for robbery in 1995 for which he was sentenced to 6 years ... ...
  • R v Majewski
    • House of Lords
    • 13 Abril 1976
    ... ... In dealing with assault, he directed that it meant some blow or ... , like assault, throughout the history of crime in this country. But voluntary drug taking with ... must be considered rather an aggravation than a defence. This view was in terms based upon ... It was felt that sentencing a man to be hanged or deported who had done ... ...
  • R v Ian Stewart
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 29 Julio 2022
    ... ... by Bryan J to imprisonment for life with no minimum term (“a whole life order”) ... Justice Act 2003 provided that the sentencing judge must specify the minimum term to be served ... been amended by section 127 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 which came ... done in the course or furtherance of robbery or burglary, done for payment or done in the ... reflecting on all the features of aggravation and mitigation, the judge is satisfied that the ... ...
  • R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte T.; R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte H.; R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Hickey
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Junio 1997
    ... ... 3 Before sentencing them, the judge said: "Robert ... intelligence committed this terrible crime is very hard to comprehend …" ... in which it was committed, together with his assessment of the relative culpability of the ... boy held guilty of attempted murder and robbery. In the course of his judgment, Lord Widgery C.J ... Home Secretary took into account in aggravation of the appropriate level of punishment legally ... ...
  • Connelly v DPP
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    ... ... - Effect - Indictments for murder and robbery - Trial on murder charge alone - Two defences ... 7 , c. 23 ) , s. 4 (1) (2) ... - Crime - Evidence - Previous proceedings - Acquittal on ... other men were charged on two indictments with murder and robbery with aggravation, arising out ... It has been urged upon us that, in sentencing the appellant to 15 years' imprisonment, the ... ...
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