ADMJ 300 Lecture 17: ADMJ 300 - Lecture 17

• School: American River College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 300
• Professor: Mckinnon

Document Summary

The accused is arraigned: hears the charges that are being brought and enters a plea in response not at their first appearance but at the preliminary hearing. Young offenders are often arraigned at their first appearance. During the arraignment, the accused is brought before a judge, all formal charges are read by the court clerk at this time and the accused makes the initial plea. If defence or prosecutor needs more time they may ask for trial to be set at a later date cannot be too long. Accused may be asked to waive their charter rights for speedy trial. When the charge involves an election indictable offence that is, when the accused has the right to choose between trial by judge or by jury the next step is to hold a preliminary inquiry. Few cases in canada involve a preliminary inquiry 80% of cases end with the accused pleading guilty on the first appearance.