Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases were referred to the Court of Appeal in 1972 or the last 12 months for which figures are available; and with what result.
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§ Mr. CarlisleI assume that the hon. Member has in mind cases referred by my right hon. Friend to the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal under Section 17(a) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968. He referred six such cases in 1972. In one, a conviction of manslaughter was substituted for a conviction of murder and the original sentence of life imprisonment was replaced by one of seven years' imprisonment. In another, a probation order with a condition of medical treatment was substituted for a sentence of imprisonment. In three cases the appeals were dismissed; in two of these an appeal to the House of Lords is pending. The remaining case has not yet been listed for hearing.