Guernsey Judgment 46/2009 - A J Driscoll v Law Officers of the Crown

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Criminal appeal from the Magistrate's Court - importation of Class A and Class B Drugs respectively - appeal against sentence - whether the Assistant-Magistrate has taken due note of the mitigating factors - guidelines in Richardson and Edwards where very small quantities imported for personal use - to be punished in the same way as offences of simple possession - no requirement upon the Assistant-Magistrate to take any starting-point - appeal dismissed