TY - JOUR
T1 - Victim compensation and the guilty plea discount
T2 - the Sheriff Appeal Court’s guideline judgment in McLellan v PF, Glasgow
AU - Brown, Graeme
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Discusses McLellan (John) v Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow (SAC) giving guidance on the operation of guilty plea discounting under s.196 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, and whether compensation, either in the form of a compensation requirement of a community payback order (CPO) or a compensation order made under the 1995 Act s.249, should be subject to a discount.
AB - Discusses McLellan (John) v Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow (SAC) giving guidance on the operation of guilty plea discounting under s.196 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, and whether compensation, either in the form of a compensation requirement of a community payback order (CPO) or a compensation order made under the 1995 Act s.249, should be subject to a discount.
KW - Community payback orders
KW - Compensation orders
KW - guilty pleas
KW - reduction of sentence
KW - Scotland
UR - https://uk.westlaw.com/SharedLink/601d946ff8c94bb4b50079be6188b1d2?VR=3.0&RS=cblt1.0
M3 - Article
SN - 0967-2532
SP - 6
EP - 8
JO - Greens Criminal Law Bulletin
JF - Greens Criminal Law Bulletin
IS - 161
ER -
