SOSC 2652 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Summary Offence, Grievous Bodily Harm, United States Territorial Court
21 Apr 2014
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Courts (i): overview: overall structure of the courts. Main areas of court processes: pre trial trial sentencing. Protect the rights of individuals in conflict with the law victim/witness police crown prosecutor defence counsel judge. Key role in the cjs: mete out justice independently, monitoring function, hear criminal cases and appeals. Consequences of how the offence is designated: how the police proceed, options available to crown re: how and where a case may be tried, where the case may be tried. Summary conviction offences: less serious offence and less serious maximum penalty, i. e. food fraud, causing a disturbance etc,. , tried by provincial court judge sitting alone. Indictable offences: most serious: homicide, treason etc. Jurisdiction legal authority of a court to hear a criminal matter and to apply a penalty upon conviction no jurisdiction= judgement voided crimes committed in canada. Territorial jurisdiction: courts do not have jurisdiction over offences that occur mainly or wholly in another province.
