FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Expert Witness, Summary Offence, Exclusionary Rule
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3 types of o ences under the ccc: summary conviction. 2: those o ences where the crown may elect to proceed summary conviction or by. Will watch direct evidence being tendered in court. O ers direct evidence: requires no special tracing, no technical knowledge and no unique skills. Ordinary witnesses can express an opinion in areas such as: identity (voice or physical), speed, intoxication, handwriting, mental or emotional condition, shoe prints. Pre-requisite limited to the ability to promise under oat and to tell the truth . Permitted to go further than simply what they did, saw, or heard. Entitled to express an opinion on the work done. Opinion can be in uential in determining the outcome of the trial. May limit civil liberties or freedoms (i. e. jail, prison) and in extreme cases, death (i. e. May limit civil liberties or freedoms (i. e. jail, prison) and in extreme cases, death (i. e. execution)
