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Every person charged with a crime has a right to a fair trial before an impartial tribunal. This right includes the right to an impartial jury.<ref> | Every person charged with a crime has a right to a fair trial before an impartial tribunal. This right includes the right to an impartial jury.<ref> | ||
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General Principles
Every person charged with a crime has a right to a fair trial before an impartial tribunal. This right includes the right to an impartial jury.[1]
The right to a jury is protected by s. 1(d) which guarantees the right to be tried by an "independent and impartial tribunal" and s. 11(f) which guarantees the right to a jury that is "impartial and representative".[2]
A jury selected to decide a case as the trier-of-fact is formally known as a "petit jury". It usually consists of 12 persons. The petit jury is selected at random from a "jury panel" who is a group of several hundred people selected from the "jury roll".[3]
Any legal errors in jury selection will require a new trial.[4] This includes errors of law by the judge or unreasonable exercise of discretion in managing the selection process.[5]
- ↑
R v Sherratt, 1991 CanLII 86 (SCC), 63 CCC (3d) 192 (SCC), [1991] 1 SCR 509, per L'Heureux-Dube J, at para 57
R v Douse, 2009 CanLII 34990 (ONSC), per Durno J, at para 40
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Sherratt, supra, at para 35
- ↑
R v Pan, 2014 ONSC 1393 (CanLII), per Boswell J, at paras 34 to 37
- ↑ R v Barrow, 1987 CanLII 11 (SCC), per curiam, at p. 714
- ↑ R v Barnes, 1999 CanLII 3782 (ON CA), , (1999), 46 OR (3d) 116, at para 30, 138 CCC (3d) 500 (CA), per Moldaver JA