CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Preliminary Hearing, Summary Offence, Arraignment

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

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Chapter 8: the court and criminal trial procedures. What 2 fundamental decisions need to be made: determine guilt or non-guilt, decide appropriate type and length of sanction. 3 functions: due process, crime control: protecting society from criminals, bureaucratic function: length of court trial. (cid:862)burde(cid:374) of the court(cid:863) (cid:894)for e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple if o(cid:374)e self represe(cid:374)ts(cid:895) Date for sentencing is set, after plea of guilty. After a plea (cid:858)(cid:374)ot guilt(cid:455)(cid:859) o(cid:374)e of t(cid:449)o thi(cid:374)gs happe(cid:374): Preliminary hearing or trial date is set. To avoid being placed on trial unnecessarily. Before a provincial court judge or jp. Ph no longer automatic but must be requested. Plea guilty, efficiency or to avoid negative publicity (reasons not to have a ph) Any agreement by the accused to plead guilty in return for the prmise of some benefit. Charge bargaining: reduce the number of charges. Sentence bargaining: reduction of a sentence. Procedural bargaining: proceed by way of summary conviction instead of indictment.