Hobbs and DM v R

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Burnett of Maldon CJ
Judgment Date03 May 2018
Neutral Citation[2018] EWCA Crim 1003
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberCase No: 201704305 B3/201704246/B3/201704308/B3
Date03 May 2018

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  • DPP v Mahon
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 11 April 2019
    ...determinate sentences to, in the most exceptional circumstances, a non-custodial option. See also Burnett CJ in R v Hobbs [2018] EWCA Crim 1003 at paragraph 23. 50 In the WD case, the classification of sentencing bands in rape adopted by the Central Criminal Court was for categories of len......
  • The Attorney General v Ally Gordon
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 11 March 2020
    ...the level of maturity of a 19-year-old. As this court observed in R v Clarke [2018] EWCA Crim 185 at paragraph 5 and in R v Hobbs [2018] EWCA Crim 1003 at paragraph 30 the eighteenth birthday does not represent a cliff-edge and the principles underpinning the sentencing of young offenders......
  • R v AJ Ford
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 15 October 2019
    ...of the Appellants) (see, e.g., the recent judgments of Lord Burnett of Malden LCJ in Clarke [2018] EWCA Crim 185 at [5] and Hobbs [2018] EWCA Crim 1003; [2018] Cr App R (S) 36 at [30]). These observations reflect the principles set out in the Sentencing Council's Guidelines in respect of ......
  • R v Kieren Geoghegan
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 19 February 2019
    ...maturity that would be consistent with his responsibilities, recently acquired, of being a father to a small infant. 18 In R v Hobbs [2018] EWCA Crim 1003, [2018] 2 Cr App R(S) 36, Lord Burnett CJ, referring to his earlier decision in R v Clarke [2018] EWCA Crim 185 at [5], stated as foll......
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