CRM 3319 Lecture 3: Thursday, September 15, 2016
16 Sep 2016
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Paralegal, with one client, the trial has collapsed, judge wants to hear submissions on sentencing, want to go and be able to tell the judge what the appropriate sentencing option is. Look it up in criminal code, the section, and tell him what it says. Limitations on the section and what the test is. Just tell him in your own words, what it says. Indication of how broad the discretion of a judge is in the criminal justice system impaired driving causing death: first occasion fine is , after life in prison. Offence: a prohibition (act or omission) backed (sanctioned/accompanied) by a penalty: an omission: failure to provide the necessities of life. Provincial offence: an offence created by provincial legislation. Federal offence: an offence created by federal legislation. A public purpose like public peace, order, security, health, morality or. A public purpose must involve suppressing an evil or safeguarding a threatened interest.
