Criminal law update
Credit for Guilty Plea The issue of how much credit a defendant can legitimately expect for a guilty plea continues to receive attention from the courts. Adrian Lower In R v Bannergee [2020] EWCA Crim 909, the Court of Appeal held that if a defence advocate indicated a ‘likely guilty plea’ on a Better Case Management form in respect of a case destined for the Crown court, this would not necessarily result in full credit being given when that guilty plea was eventually entered. This was reiterated in R v Hodgin [2020] EWCA Crim 1388. The defence may not receive much more than a case summa...
Source: lawgazette.co.uk