POLS 3300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Summary Offence, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 6 Years
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Counsel must not remain passive: v. nixon - made a plea bargain with the crown counsel but the adm (assistant deputy. Nixon took the case to the supreme court arguing that the crown and himself, had a formal agreement of the plea bargain. The scc disagreed with him and stated that the plea bargain is not secured or certain unless it goes through all the stages of being accepted in the court: v. askov- peter belmont provided exotic dancers. Trial was delayed 34 (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths(cid:859) multiple times and lawyers argued that section 11(b) of the charter of as infringed. However, this decision was over turned because askov did not have a problem with the case being delayed for over 3 years. The judges decided that he was looking and waiting for time to pass so that he can challenge the law.