R v Francis (Andrew Donald)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1995
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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4 cases
  • R v Avis and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 16 December 1997
    ...in previous cases as inadequately reflecting the gravity of such offences: see, for example, R v Ecclestone (1995) 16 Cr App R(S)9 at 11; R v Francis (1995) 16 Cr App R(S)95 at 98; and R v Clarke [1997] 1 Cr App R (S )323 at 324. (2) Parliament has recently increased the maximum term of imp......
  • R v Ashman
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 9 August 1996
    ...or in any way wrong in principle for an offence of that kind. 10 Shortly after the decision in Eccleston, the court heard the appeal in R v Francis, of which the transcript of the judgment of the court dated 6.5.94 is before us. In that case a sentence of five years' imprisonment for posses......
  • The State v Webster Edmond [ECSC]
    • Dominica
    • High Court (Dominica)
    • 15 March 2013
    ... ... 54 In The State -v- Andrew Valmond 24 the defendant was charged with unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl who was not his ... 58 It is to be noted that these cases were considered in the case of R-v — Francis 29 ... In that case the Court of Appeal upheld a concurrent sentence of 6 months' imprisonment for ... ...
  • R v Lavin and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 15 June 1999
    ...very little, if any, assistance. In one of the authorities mentioned in the grounds of appeal on the appellants' behalf, that is to say R. v. Francis (1995) 16 Cr.App.R.(S.) 95, the point was made that a number of the earlier authorities, including Lewis, should not be regarded as guideline......

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