Kinesiology 4459A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Indictable Offence, Hybrid Offence, Crown Attorney

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 4459A/B
• Professor: Martin Painter

Document Summary

Application(cid:1)(2) this section applies to all forms of assault, including sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm and aggravated sexual assault. Our courts are based on an adversarial model in which two conflicting sides are opposed. Law the adversaries involve the state vs the individual. The term "crown" refers to the government and in case law citations is represented by r. In matters before the court, the "crown" is represented by the crown attorney, also referred to as crown. In the united states, the terminology differs as they do not have a monarch as their head of state. The defendant or is the term that is used for the accused individual(s). Their lawyer is often referred to as defence counsel. Therefore, if i was charge with a criminal offence that appeared before the court, the case would be referred to as r. vs painter.