Abstract
Examines Stewart v HM Advocate (HCJ Appeal) that the imposition of 45 months' detention, discounted from a headline sentence of five years because of a guilty plea, on a single charge of being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug, was excessive, substituting a community payback order with a requirement for 100 hours' unpaid work instead. Discusses, using case law, the court's policy considerations when sentencing those convicted of supplying class A drugs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 167-175 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Scots Law Times |
| Issue number | 29 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- appeals against sentence
- community payback
- custodial sentences
- guilty pleas
- reduction of sentence
- scotland
- supply of drugs