CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Indictable Offence, Custodial Interrogation, Recognizance

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

Document Summary

Police must lay an information with a justice of the peace to obtain a warrant: information: document sworn before a justice of the peace or a judge specifying an individual who has allegedly committed an offence. Police must suspect on reasonable grounds that individuals committed an indictable offence. Reasonable grounds: justifiable from a reasonable pov where anyone else in the same situation would feel the same way. Can not be a hunch but can be based on officer experience and expertise. Has nothing to do with the likelihood of conviction. Committed lesser offence, but reason to believe they may not appear for trial. Suspect must be brought before a justice of the peace without unreasonable delay . Crime is in progress (summary or indictable) Suspect is known to have committed an indictable offence or suspect is about to commit an indictable offence (based on reasonable grounds) Those whose arrest will serve the public interest/prevent further offending.