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...
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