appeals from magistrates' court

• How many appeal routes are there from the Magistrates' Court?

  2 appeal routes.
• What decides which appeal routes are taken from the Magistrates' Court?

  Whether the appeal is only a point of law or whether it's for other reasons.
• What are the 2 appeal routes from the Magistrates' Court?

  The Crown Court or to the Administrative Court in the King's Bench Division.
• What is the normal appeal route for the Magistrates' Court?

  To the Crown Court.
• Which party is the appeal route from the Magistrates' Court to the Crown Court only available to?

  Defence
• If the defence pleads guilty, what is the only thing they could appeal against?

  The sentence.
• If the defence pleads not guilty and is then convicted, what could they appeal against?

  The conviction and/or the sentence.