LAWS 2302 Lecture 5: Chapter 5 2302
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When doing your submissions, stick to the facts. Justify your case and back it up with case law. They can go by indictment or they can go by summary. If we are the crown you get to choose summary or indictable. They talk to their lawyer or a lawyer if they cannot afford one. If successful in the trial the charge is acquitted. If found guilty, they are sent to sentencing. Punishment is the consequence that the accused receives. Sentencing is the process that leads to the punishment. At a sentencing hearing, witnesses will be called, and the judge will hear evidence from both the accused as well as from the crown. When the judge hears from the accused or the crown it is a serious situation. Victim impact statements- a way for victims to show how the crime has impacted them or their lives.
