People (Attorney General) v Giles
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1976 |
| Date | 01 January 1976 |
| Docket Number | [S.C. No. 174 of 1973] |
| Court | Supreme Court |
Indictable misdemeanour at common law - Whether any limit on length of sentence - Appeal from Court of Criminal Appeal - Jurisdiction of Supreme Court - Court of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10) s.29 - Constitution of Ireland, 1937, Article 34, s. 4, sub-s. 3.
The appellant was indicted and convicted of conspiracy to rob and he was sentenced to serve six years imprisonment. The Court of Criminal Appeal refused to grant him leave to appeal to that court but the Attorney General issued a certificate pursuant to s. 29 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, certifying that the decision of that court involved a point of law of exceptional public importance, viz., whether the sentence was a lawful one, and certifying that it was desirable in the public interest that an appeal should be taken to the Supreme Court. The certificate enabled the appellant to appeal to the Supreme Court and in his notice of appeal, apart from the point of law certified, he enterd four grounds of appeal designed to challenge the validity of his conviction. At the hearing of the appeal, the appellant did not rely on those four grounds but sought leave to argue an additional ground challenging the conviction. Held by the Supreme Court (FitzGerald C.J., Walsh and Henchy JJ.), in disallowing the appeal 1, that the offence...
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