Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction and Sentence:- The appellants have applied for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of the appeal court dated 8 February 2012 in an application under section 107(8) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. The court gran......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Sentence:- On 6 June 2011, at a continued first diet at Dundee Sheriff Court, the appellant pled guilty to:- (1) a charge of assault with intent to rob; and (2) a charge of breach of the peace. Both of the offences were committed whilst the appellant was su......
Criminal Appeal Against Sentence:- The appellant pled guilty at Dundee Sheriff Court on 22 September 2011 to charges of reset. He was first made subject to a 3 month return order under section 16 of the 1993 Act and secondly sentenced to 22 days and 5 months imprisonme......
Bill of Suspension:- The Crown conceded before the sheriff that in light of the decision in Cowie v HMA [2011] HCJAC 111 a previous DNA sample had been obtained unlawfully and the Crown had presented a petition to allow police officers of Strathclyde Police to obtain a DNA sampl......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction:- On 15 July 2010, after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow, the appellant was convicted of a charge of murder . On 12 August 2010 he was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a punishment part of 18 years. The appellant's Note of Appe......
Criminal Appeal:- This appeal was heard with the appeals in Hay v HMA [2012 HCJAC 28]. On 25 August 2009 at Glasgow sheriff court the appellant pled guilty on summary complaint to the following charge:- "On … at … you ... did assault [the complainer] ... and did seize hold of he......
Criminal Appeal under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995:- The appellant was charged on a summary complaint in the Justice of the Peace Court in Stonehaven of driving a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of the speed limit on 9 May 2009 contrary to sections 88 a......
Criminal Note of Appeal Against Conviction:- On 26 August 2010 at Edinburgh High Court the appellant was convicted after trial of the following charge:- "On 1 March 2010 at ... you...did assault … and seize hold of her upper clothing, rip her bra, push her on the......
Criminal Sentencing:- This was a hearing of seven appeals against sentence before 5 judges which raised important questions of principle on sentence discounting. In Spence v H.M.A. (2008 JC 174) the court gave general guidance on the levels of discount and considered that any discount s......
Criminal Note of Appeal against Conviction:- On 28 January 2011 at the High Court at Glasgow the appellant was convicted unanimously of the following charge:- "On 1 January 2010 at 115 Glenavon Road, Glasgow you ROSS JUNIOR MILLAR did assault … and did strike him on ......
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