Clarke v Kirby
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Judgment Date | 01 January 1998 |
Date | 01 January 1998 |
Court | High Court |
- Right of accused to legal representation - Applicant charged and brought before District Court - Applicant asked whether pleading guilty or not guilty - Community service order made - Applicant not informed of right to apply for legal aid or legal representation - Whether there was a real possibility of being imprisoned -Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act, 1983. (No. 23), s. 2.
S. 2 of the Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act, 1983, provides, inter alia, that a community service order may be made in respect of a person who is of or over sixteen years of age and is convicted of an offence for which, in the opinion of the court, the appropriate sentence would, but for the Act, be one of imprisonment. On 3 March, 1997, the applicant was arrested and brought to Blackrock Garda Station. He was charged with...
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