Example sentences of "[adj] months ' detention " in BNC.

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1 Sentence : 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution .
2 It is now clearly established that a juvenile who pleads guilty to an offence or series of offences for which the maximum term of custody is a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution should normally receive an appropriate discount to reflect his plea , subject to the general principles governing the award of a discount .
3 ( S. ) 335 recognise the exception illustrated by this decision : if the offence to which the juvenile has pleaded guilty is punishable with 14 years ' imprisonment and is therefore one for which the juvenile can be detained under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) for a longer period , a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution is not objectionable , despite the plea of guilty , if the offence would have justified a longer term of detention under section 53(2) and the sentencer has given the juvenile a discount for his plea by choosing to impose a term of detention in a young offender institution rather than detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) .
4 As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted .
5 The appellant had been sentenced to a term of detention which took effect as a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution , and the Court 's powers were limited to declaring that that was the effect of the sentence passed by the Crown Court .
6 Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s. 1B(5) provides that if a sentence of detention in a young offender institution is passed on a juvenile which results in a total term of detention exceeding 12 months ' , any excess over 12 months ' is remitted and the sentence takes effect as a term of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution .
7 He was sentenced to 12 months ' detention .
8 Detention in young offender institution — offender aged sixteen pleading guilty to offence punishable with fourteen years imprisonment or more — whether wrong in principle to impose sentence of twelve months ' detention in a young offender institution
9 Juvenile — juvenile subject to maximum term of twelve months ' detention in a young offender institution — effect of sentence in excess of twelve months ' detention in young offender institution — whether Court of Appeal may substitute sentence of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 section 53(2)
10 Juvenile — juvenile subject to maximum term of twelve months ' detention in a young offender institution — effect of sentence in excess of twelve months ' detention in young offender institution — whether Court of Appeal may substitute sentence of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 section 53(2)
11 The correct sentence would have been nine months ' detention in a young offender institution , and that sentence would be substituted .
12 Neil Ormerod , 19 , from Bromsgrove , was also sentenced to nine months ' detention .
13 Following the establishment of a committee to review the Constitution and to prepare for the introduction of a multiparty system [ see p. 36842 ] , the President 's office announced on Nov. 6 that a six-member committee had been set up ; the committee 's members included a leading human rights lawyer , Ismail Ali Jumaale , released from prison on Oct. 25 after four months ' detention .
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