relation to criminal proceedings:(a) Appeal to the Crown Court against conviction and/or sentence.(b) Appeal to the High Court (i) by way of case stated on a question of law or jurisdiction (ii) by way of application for judicial reviewA defendant may give notice of appeal to the Crown Court against his conviction in the magistrates’ court (provided he pleadednot guilty) or against his sentence, or both.The "ordinary" appeal is set down by the Crown Court List Officer for hearing before a bench comprising a judge and betweentwo and four magistrates. Any magistrate who sat on the case below is precluded from sitting on the appeal.The Crown Court will hear an appeal against conviction "de novo" (afresh) and either dismiss it or allow it (i.e. confirm theconviction or overturn it). On an appeal against sentence, the Crown Court may allow the appeal and vary (reduce) thesentence or dismiss the appeal and confirm the sentence. The Crown Court has the power, which is exercised only rarely, toincrease the sentence, where it thinks fit. In every appeal, the Crown Court is bound to keep within the sentencing powers ofthe ...
