LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Criminal Law Of Canada, Due Process, Extortion
30 Mar 2016
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The criminal trial: charter applicaion, secion 11(b, secion 7 disclosure c. Secion 24(1: right to a trial within a reasonable ime- 11(b) has the right to be tried within a reasonable ime. Does not deine what reasonable ime is, it"s up to the courts to decide. In our canadian criminal jusice system, the large majority of cases end up in guilty pleas and not going to judicial trial. Even though we have due process, large majority do not take advantage of this system. Packer realized the guilty plea was the most eicient way. Global goal to get the plea of guilt for the police and for the atorney. Packer did not anicipate that a plea of guilt would please the interest of the defence atorney and the judge. They all share an organizaional goal, all are working together for a person to plead guilty.
