CRIM 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Voir Dire, Jury Trial, Trial
9 Apr 2020
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Typical trial begins with the arraignment of the accused, who answers "not guilty" to the charge read out to him/her. Provide trial judge (and jury if involved) with a blueprint of the evidence that the crown expects their witnesses to provide. Provide some key issues that are expected to arise in relation to the charges against the accused. Usually admissibility of certain pieces of evidence will be an issue but in a jury trial, jury will not be apprised of such issues. Admissibility of evidence is for a trial judge to decide in the absence of a jury - voir dire. Issues of admissibility of evidence be resolved by the trial judge at the earliest opportunity in a trial. If admissibility issues are only resolved after the evidence in question has been provided by witnesses then the trial judge will have to instruct the jury to ignore such evidence.
