Limiting the guilty plea discount due to the serious nature of the offence – a divergence of judicial approach (Case Comment)

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Abstract

Discusses Hay (Liam) v HM Advocate (HCJ Appeal), reducing a life sentence following the conviction of a 20-year-old man for murder, with a punishment part of 19 years, to 16 years on appeal. Notes case law illustrating a judicial move away from allowing substantial sentence discounts in particularly serious cases.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-7
JournalGreens Criminal Law Bulletin
Issue number167
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Appeals against sentence
  • Causing death by dangerous driving
  • Health and safety offences
  • Murder
  • Rape
  • Reduction of sentence
  • Scotland
  • Sentence length
  • Young offenders

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