TY - JOUR
T1 - How not to make a mountain out of a molehill – appellate guidance on guilty plea discounting in road traffic cases
AU - Brown, Graeme
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Comments on the High Court of Justiciary decision in Wilson (Cameron) v Procurator Fiscal, Aberdeen on whether, in a road traffic case where there were separate parts to a sentence, such as a fine and the imposition of penalty points, the court was required to apply the same rate of discount to each part of the sentence under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 s.196.
AB - Comments on the High Court of Justiciary decision in Wilson (Cameron) v Procurator Fiscal, Aberdeen on whether, in a road traffic case where there were separate parts to a sentence, such as a fine and the imposition of penalty points, the court was required to apply the same rate of discount to each part of the sentence under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 s.196.
KW - Reduction of sentence
KW - Road traffic offences
KW - Scotland
UR - https://uk.westlaw.com/SharedLink/c160d80caa61467bbb35921006ae3fab?VR=3.0&RS=cblt1.0
M3 - Article
SN - 0967-2532
SP - 2
EP - 5
JO - Greens Criminal Law Bulletin
JF - Greens Criminal Law Bulletin
IS - 157
ER -
