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The Crown court deals with:

• Indictable-only offences such as murder, manslaughter, rape and robbery;
• Either-way offences transferred from the Magistrates’ Court;
• Appeals from the Magistrates’ Court;
• Sentencing decisions transferred from the Magistrates’ Court. This can happen if magistrates decide, once they have heard the details of a case, that it warrants a tougher sentence than they are allowed to impose.

If the defendant is found not guilty, they are discharged and no conviction is recorded against their name.

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