Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Summary Offence, Determinative, Strip Search
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Trials: most trials are before judge alone in ontario court of justice, some more serious charges are before judge alone or judge and jury in superior court of justice. In a judge alone trial the judge decides the facts. In a jury case the jury decides the facts. The judge directs them as to the relevant law: trial options determined by the nature of the alleged offence, 3 types of offences: When the police have less than reasonable grounds to believe a person has committed an offence but more than no or almost no reason to believe the person has committed an offence: two police officers observe in sequence. A woman who they believe is working as a prostitute while posing as a hitchhiker get into a van and a few minutes later appear back on the street. B pick up the woman in his vehicle.
