CRM 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Transferred Intent, Life Insurance, Mens Rea

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2300
• Professor: Valerie Steeves

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3 categories (1) actions eq. theft (s 322) sexual assault (s271) Chase kb bernier (2) status offenses (3) omissions. Decide what cases will go to court that day. Get through list as quickly as possible and with as many convictions as possible. Doesn"t matter what its for just as long as there is a conviction. Sexual assault- but plead to simple assault- success=conviction. Crown knows that most of council cases will have a conviction. Goal is to reduce the consequences of the accused actions as much as possible. Success is reducing the consequences of the accused. For the system to work there has to be trust between the parties. Trust b/w judge and council, judge and defense, and defense and council. Once established you can call in favors when you think you really need to. The act is not guilty unless the mind is guilty also. Action that"s prohibited and the state of mind that is required.