PSY328H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Transferred Intent, Psychopathy, Henry De Bracton
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In end gets moved over to civil commitment proceedings: means criminal courts system, civil commitment, means anything other than criminal law. First sent to jail: waiting for their a arraignment (press charges or not) Fitness to stand trial: fitness to stand trial. Just needs to tell lawyer what he did. If unfit to stand trial, there are 3 options: 1: conditional discharge. Just let it go: would have to be an exceedingly minor charge. Some type of summary offence, hybrid offence taken as a summary offence. Still exceedingly unlikely: not going to happen in bobby"s case. Found to be danger to himself + others. In 6 mths given medication: now 17 mths later. Say yes + no this happened: challenge witnesses, that person isn"t telling the truth, testify, manage courtroom beh, profile of unfitness. Somebody w/ a mental disorder charged in exactly these ways: not somebody who committed a murder or sexual assault, typically minor charges, a lot of co-morbidity.
