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Criminal CourtsAppeals systemBy Mrs Hilton
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Learning ObjectivesTo be able to assemble a diagram
of the Criminal Courts Appeals system
To be able to describe the appeals procedure in all 4 appeals courts.
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Criminal Courts Routes of Appeal
Queen’s benchDivisional Court (High Court)
House of lords
Court of appeal
Crown Court
Magistrates Court
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Magistrates’ Court (Revision)All criminal cases start at
MagistratesPower to try all summary
offencesMay try either wayPower to sentence up to 12
months prison and £5,000 fineMore than that sent to Crown
Court
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Crown Court (Revision)Tries indictable offencesTries either way offences if
defendant has requested Crown Court
Guilty – judge alone will impose sentence
Not guilty a jury will try case
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Appeals from MagistratesA case decided in Magistrates may
have appeal heard in Crown CourtTwo magistrates and a circuit judge
will retry the caseMay appeal:
◦Sentence too harsh◦Wrongly convicted
Point of law appeal however must be appealed to Queens Bench Division of High Court (see diagram slide 1)
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TerminologyPermission to appeal is know as
with leaveThis is granted by the Crown
Court or Court of Appeal
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P appeal to Court of AppealP may appeal to Criminal Division
of Court of Appeal if it believes:◦D has received too lenient sentence◦D wrongly Acquitted◦So Law is changed for the future.
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D appeal to Court of AppealD May appeal to criminal division
of Court of AppealSentence too harsh (without
permission)Facts of case (needs new
evidence before appeal can happen)
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CCRCCriminal Case Review
Commission may recommend that Court of Appeal allow an appeal in a case where it believes a miscarriage of justice has occurred.
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Power of the Court of AppealDismiss appealVary a sentenceOrder a retrialQuash the conviction
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House of LordsHighest Appeal Court in England
and WalesHears only appeals with leave
(permission granted by Court of Appeal or House of Lords itself)◦Point of law◦General public importance
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House of Lords
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Court of Appeal
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Crown Court
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Magistrates Court
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Queens Bench, Division Court ( High Court)
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