Criminal question - Unfortunately Lisa may only be sentenced to 18 months maximum custodial sentence as she was tried in the Magistrate's court.

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Criminal question: Unfortunately Lisa may only be sentenced to 18 months maximum custodial sentence as she was tried in the Magistrate’s court. If however this did arise, or similarly on her 18-month sentence Lisa has the option to appeal as there are also some offences, which can be tried in either both the Magistrates Court and Crown Court. These are called offences tribal either way e.g. Actual Bodily Harm, Burglary. The Court will ask you to indicate a plea. If a not guilty plea is entered, the Prosecution will invite the Court to either accept jurisdiction i.e. to keep the case in the Magistrates
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Court, or decline jurisdiction and commit the matter to the Crown Court for trial. The Magistrates may be of the opinion that their sentencing powers are not sufficient and commit the case to the Crown Court. The maximum sentence a Magistrates Court can pass is twelve months imprisonment for two or more either way offences. Your Solicitor can make representations on your behalf. If the Magistrates decide that the case can proceed in the Magistrates Court, you have the choice to either proceed in that Court or elect to be tried by a Judge and Jury in the Crown Court. ...

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