PSCI231 Lecture Notes - Actus Reus, Crown Attorney, Mens Rea
12 Jun 2013
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Client can fire their lawyer at any time during the trial. Lawyer must give back all documentation and property to the client or their new lawyer, disclose all relevant information, account for all outstanding fees and cooperate with the subsequent legal counsel. Before they do all that, the client must settle their accounts. Termination of membership in the law society. Lawyers name is taken from list of barristers and solicitors. He had discussed 33 criminal charges involving 10 accused persons. They"re dismissed for want of prosecution. appearing before him for sentencing/guilty pleas. Crown has to show the act happened beyond a reasonable doubt. Must be a trigger to show there was a criminal intent. Must not be simply thinking about an action must see you have acted on that. Mala in se = evil in itself. Voluntariness: willing mind behind the crime you are committing, onus of proving that it is voluntary is on crown.
