CRI210H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Indictable Offence, Legal Aid, Duty Counsel
5 Feb 2018
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Chapter 8: pretrial criminal procedure: balancing the interests of the state and the interests of the accused once one has been accused, decision to charge someone based on. If the person lives 200+ km away = deposit sum of no more than : no judicial intervention where police have arrested the accused while the crime was in progress. First appearance: charges are read to the defendant. 3 models for providing legal aid in canada: judicare a qualified legal aid recipient received a certificate. Very little screening occurs and prosecutors charge most of the accused after they receive the case from police. Key factor: amount of resources available to the accused, if it has ample resources then more cases will be heard in court. Individual prosecutors are given significant amount of discretion to do what they like in each case. Cases disposed as quickly as possible, only those where this is a high probability of success will be prosecuted.
