LAWS 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indictable Offence, Summary Offence, Jury Trial
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Style of cause: name of case, date, court. History of case: all criminal cases start as guilty please (trials); understanding losses and appeals; 1-2 lines long; accuses is usually appellent. Issue(s): identify legal question court has to address in the case; phrased as a question. Summary convictions: minor offences (damaging property less that ) S. 787: fine or 6 months jail. S. 735 (1)(b): fine if convicted is part of a corporation. Appeal is to superior court, and then to court of appeal lawyer can appear as agent trial is in ontario court of justice. S. 743: 5 years jail unless otherwise specified. Must attend court personally, or by designate. Accused has election re mode of trial. Between the severity of the summary and the indictable convictions. Super summary : crown elects by summary conviction. Maximum penalty is up to 2 years less a day. Court structure, ontario government) sits in various towns and cities across ontario.
