LAW1114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Crimes Act 1958, Summary Offence, Victoria Police
13 Aug 2018
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Law1114 lecture 3 topic 2 notes: police prosecutors prosecute summary offences, crimes act 1958 (vic, work out summary crimes. Some crimes in statute: common law for other crimes, murder comes from common law, no definition of what is manslaughter and what is murder. Indicatable triable summarily: criminal procedure act 2009 - s28-30. Lenient sentence in magistrates court: exists to protect the accused, crime can come from common law or acts. Indictable assault: can be heard in the county court even if 5 years, 3 briefs gone to the prosecutor, defence and the judge. In vic: office of public prosecutions vic. If commonwealth act (cth) go to commonwealth dpp. If the court can hear the matter: original jurisdiction - where it was originally heard, appellate jurisdiction - magistrate ----> county ----> supreme court -----> appellate court, childre(cid:374)"s crt - under 18, magistrates crt - over 18, eg.
