Practice and Procedure

R v JAVAD TALEBI (2012)

PUBLISHED December 21, 2012
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[2012] EWCA Crim 3040

When categorising opium by weight for the purposes of the Sentencing Guidelines definitive guidance on importation of controlled drugs, the court should work on the assumption that one kilogram of heroin was equivalent to eight kilograms of opium.

CA (Crim Div) (Pitchford LJ, Kenneth Parker J, Judge Gilbart QC)

21/12/2012

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