CRIM 230 Lecture 1: CRIM 230 5/8/17
11 May 2017
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Crim 230 - lecture 1 - chapter 1 summary. Prohibited conduct b/c considered to have evil or injurious or undesirable effect upon the public . Penalty that may be imposed when prohibition violated. May be tried either by indictment/summary conviction at discretion of. Summary conviction offences - only tried before provincial court judge. Can only be tried by more than 1 court procedure. Some serious indictable offences may only be tried by superior court judge sitting w/ jury. Some less serious indictable offences may only be tried by provincial court judge w/o jury. Most cases, person charged w/ indictable offence may elect to be tried by. Those indivs charged w/ indictable offence generally have right to preliminary inquiry before provincial court judge. Provincial court judge - decides whether sufficient evidence exists to put accused person on trial. Crown usually chooses to have hybrid offences tried by summary conviction. True crimes - contained in or
