The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1970] 2 QB 711
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA
v.
NEWSOME
REGINA
v.
BROWNE
1970 July 29
Widgery and Fenton Atkinson L.JJ., Melford Stevenson, O'Connor and Eveleigh JJ.
Crime
— Sentence
— Imprisonment
— Immediate imprisonment appropriate
— Six months' sentence ordered overlooking mandatory suspension requirements
— Sentence corrected to more than six months' imprisonment
— Whether proper
—
Criminal Justice Act, 1967 (c. 80), s. 39 (3).
Judicial Precedent
— Court of Appeal decision
— Criminal jurisdiction
— Sentencing
— Exercise of discretion
— Direction by three judge court
— Whether binding on five judge court
— Issue going to guilt or innocence
— Whether doctrine of stare decisis applicable.