An application for a writ of habeas corpus by a prisoner who had been sentenced to imprisonment for public protection when his offence pre-dated the coming into force of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 failed. The sentencing judge had had competent jurisdiction to direct both imprisonment and a minimum term. Her order could not, therefore, be ignored as a suspected nullity; it had to be obeyed unless and until it was set aside on appeal.
ABSENCE OF JURISDICTION CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 Pt 12 s.225 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE HABEAS CORPUS IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.80 PRISON GOVERNORS RAPE OF CHILD UNDER 13 RELEASE ON LICENCE s.225 s.85 SENTENCING UNLAWFUL SENTENCES
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