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R v Eltiona Skana

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Eltiona Skana
   
Issue: Whether it was wrong in principle to impose a life sentence with a hybrid order under s45A Mental Health Act 1983 rather than orders under ss37/41 of the 1983 Act for a manslaughter by diminished responsibility committed in a psychotic state; whether the minimum term was too long.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2021/00747/A1
   
Neutral Citation:   [2022] EWCA Crim 186
   
Judge(s): Macur LJ, Sweeney and Morris JJ
   
Date: 44594