United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 526
Sentencing: Appeals
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11 February 2020
Last action
24 February 2020 · Answer
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24 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Attorney General, whether there is a legislative basis for the 28-day limit on appealing an unduly lenient sentence meaning something other than 28 days.
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11 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Attorney General, whether there is a legislative basis for the 28-day limit on appealing an unduly lenient sentence meaning something other than 28 days.
Source: Commons
24 February 2020
Answer
A referral to the Court of Appeal for consideration of a sentence as unduly lenient must be made within 28 days of the date of the sentence as set out in Schedule 3, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The 28 day statutory time limit is absolute...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-11/526
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1177622
- uk · wq-1177622 · source updated 24 February 2020