A joint submission is when the crown and the defense counsel both agree upon a recommendation of a sentence to the trial judge and in exchange for both parties agreeing, the accused must plead guilty. Cooks was given another 18 months in custody for agreeing to the joint submission with, the addition of the 11 months he already spent from pretrial and wasn't given probation. Following the plea agreement Cooks was unhappy about not receiving time credited and probation, his lawyers then appealed the case to the British court of appeal in which the appeal was denied. Judge Ehrcke presiding over the appeal wanted to throw out the joint submission and give Anthony Cooks a longer sentence which included prohibition. Even though it was against Cooks medical supervision judge Ehrcke imposed a longer in custody sentence and three year's
A joint submission is when the crown and the defense counsel both agree upon a recommendation of a sentence to the trial judge and in exchange for both parties agreeing, the accused must plead guilty. Cooks was given another 18 months in custody for agreeing to the joint submission with, the addition of the 11 months he already spent from pretrial and wasn't given probation. Following the plea agreement Cooks was unhappy about not receiving time credited and probation, his lawyers then appealed the case to the British court of appeal in which the appeal was denied. Judge Ehrcke presiding over the appeal wanted to throw out the joint submission and give Anthony Cooks a longer sentence which included prohibition. Even though it was against Cooks medical supervision judge Ehrcke imposed a longer in custody sentence and three year's