ocal arrangement, likely to be dealtwith differently, because of the need to expedite children’s hearings and to find suitable dates for serious fraud trials, whichusually take much longer than the average case.The prosecution are required to complete primary prosecution disclosure as soon as possible after committal (primaryprosecution disclosure is unused material in the hands of the prosecution which serves to undermine the prosecution case orassist the line of defence disclosed). Defence disclosure must take place within 14 days of primary prosecution disclosurehaving been completed. The prosecution must then complete secondary prosecution disclosure as soon as possible thereafter.On the date fixed for the trial at the PDH or communicated to the parties by the Crown Court List Officer, a randomly selected(by ballot) jury is sworn in to try the case. In the event that the defendant is convicted, he may be sentenced there and then orremanded for reports to a future date. Committals for Sentence A magistrates’ court which convicts a defendant tried "summarily" (i.e. in the magistrates’ court) may commit him for sentenceby the Crown Court in circumstances where it is thought that the appropriate sentence is one which exceeds the magistrates’court’s powers. This procedure is possible under various provisions covering different situations. The Crown Court mayexercise its full sentencing powers in dealing with the defendant (subject to limitations applicable to particular pieces oflegislation).In sentencing a defendant so committed, the Crown Court will sit as a bench comprising a judge and between two and fourmagistrates. Where the committal is from the Youth Court, the judge sits with two Youth Court magistrates, one a man and theother a woman. No magistrate who sat below can sit on the sentencing bench.*********G. APPEALS AGAINST MAGISTRATES COURT DECISIONSThe following routes of appeal are available in...
