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Article: Law report: Crown Court had jurisdiction to make confiscation order on committal 26 June 2002 Regina v Pope ([2002] UKHL 26) House of Lords (Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough, Lord Millett, Lord Scott of Foscote) 20 June 2002
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- The Independent (London, England)
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- June 26, 2002
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THE CROWN Court had the power to make an order for confiscation
pursuant to section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 on committal
for sentence from a magistrates' court in respect of offences
committed before 30 September 1998.
The House of Lords allowed the appeal of the Crown against a
decision that the Crown Court had had no jurisdiction to make a
compensation order against him.
The defendant was charged with offences which were triable "either
way", i.e. summarily in the magistrates' court or on indictment in
the Crown Court. He elected to plead guilty to all the charges in the
magistrates' court, and guilty pleas were duly entered against him.
The magistrates committed the ...