Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Summary Offence, High Standard Manufacturing Company, Duty Counsel

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Cristin Keller

Document Summary

Most investigations commence with a complaint from a member of the public, but police are sometimes proactive. Responsibility rests largely with crown attorney"s offices. Crowns are quasi-judicial officers whose task is to achieve justice, not obtain a conviction: although achieving justice and obtaining conviction are frequently but not always. Crowns screen cases and prosecute only those cases that are in the public interest and for which there is a reasonable prospect of conviction. Crown must disclose its case (evidence included) to the accused in advance of trial. Most trials are before judge alone in ontario court of justice no juries. Some more serious charges are before judge alone or judge and jury in superior court of. In a judge alone trial 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.