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** [[Public and Judicial Documents]] · [[Private Documents]] · [[Business Records]] ([[Business Records Under Common Law|Under Common Law]] · [[Business Records Under the Canada Evidence Act|Evidence Act]]) · [[Financial Institution Records]] · [[Electronic Documents and Records]] · [[Best Evidence Rule]] · [[Miscellaneous Document Issues]] | ** [[Public and Judicial Documents]] · [[Private Documents]] · [[Business Records]] ([[Business Records Under Common Law|Under Common Law]] · [[Business Records Under the Canada Evidence Act|Evidence Act]]) · [[Financial Institution Records]] · [[Electronic Documents and Records]] · [[Best Evidence Rule]] · [[Miscellaneous Document Issues]] | ||
* '''[[Testimonial Evidence]]''' | * '''[[Testimonial Evidence]]''' | ||
** [[Competence and Compellability]]: [[Compelling Attendance of Witnesses]] · [[Oaths and Affirmations]] · [[Competence of Witnesses to Testify]] · [[Competence of Children and Witnesses of Diminished Capacity]] · [[Spousal Immunity]] | ** [[Competence and Compellability]]: [[Compelling Attendance of Witnesses]] ([[Quashing a Subpoena]]) · [[Oaths and Affirmations]] · [[Competence of Witnesses to Testify]] · [[Competence of Children and Witnesses of Diminished Capacity]] · [[Spousal Immunity]] | ||
** [[Refreshing Memory]] · [[Testimonial Aids for Young, Disabled or Vulnerable Witnesses]] ([[Witness Screen and Closed-Circuit Video Testimony]] · [[Support Person Assisted Testimony]] · [[Testimonial Aids for Witnesses at Risk of Harm]]) · [[Long Distance Testimonial Aids]] · [[Interpreters]] · [[Evidence by Commission]] | ** [[Refreshing Memory]] · [[Testimonial Aids for Young, Disabled or Vulnerable Witnesses]] ([[Witness Screen and Closed-Circuit Video Testimony]] · [[Support Person Assisted Testimony]] · [[Testimonial Aids for Witnesses at Risk of Harm]]) · [[Long Distance Testimonial Aids]] · [[Interpreters]] · [[Evidence by Commission]] | ||
** [[Adverse and Hostile Witnesses]] | ** [[Adverse and Hostile Witnesses]] | ||
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** [[Admissions]] · [[Confessions]] · [[Voluntariness]] · [[Right Against Self-Crimination]] · [[Confessions by Young Persons]] · [[Admissions to Undercover Officers or Agents]] ([[Admissions from Mr Big Operations|Mr Big Operations]]) | ** [[Admissions]] · [[Confessions]] · [[Voluntariness]] · [[Right Against Self-Crimination]] · [[Confessions by Young Persons]] · [[Admissions to Undercover Officers or Agents]] ([[Admissions from Mr Big Operations|Mr Big Operations]]) | ||
* '''[[Privilege]]''' | * '''[[Privilege]]''' | ||
** [[Solicitor Client Privilege]]: [[Searches Intruding on Solicitor-Client Privilege]] (including Law Office Searches) · [[Waiver of Solicitor-Client Privilege]] · [[Exceptions to Solicitor-Client Privilege]] | ** [[Solicitor-Client Privilege]]: [[Searches Intruding on Solicitor-Client Privilege]] (including Law Office Searches) · [[Waiver of Solicitor-Client Privilege]] · [[Exceptions to Solicitor-Client Privilege]] | ||
** [[Public Interest Privilege]] ([[National Defence and Security Privilege]]) · [[Litigation Privilege]] · [[Settlement Privilege]] · [[Informer Privilege]] · [[Spousal Immunity|Spousal Privilege]] · [[Case-by-Case Privilege]] · [[Protection of Journalist Records and Sources]] | ** [[Public Interest Privilege]] ([[National Defence and Security Privilege]]) · [[Litigation Privilege]] · [[Settlement Privilege]] · [[Informer Privilege]] · [[Spousal Immunity|Spousal Privilege]] · [[Case-by-Case Privilege]] · [[Protection of Journalist Records and Sources]] | ||
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* '''[[Introduction to Search and Seizure]]''' | * '''[[Introduction to Search and Seizure]]''' | ||
*'''Fundamental Principles''' | *'''Fundamental Principles''' | ||
** [[Rights Against Search and Seizure]] · [[Reasonable Expectation of Privacy|Reasonable Expectation of Privacy]] · [[Established Areas of Privacy]] · [[Warrantless Searches|General Police Powers to Intrude]] ([[Statutory Warrantless Search Powers]]) · [[Manner of Search]] | ** [[Rights Against Search and Seizure]] · [[Reasonable Expectation of Privacy|Reasonable Expectation of Privacy]] · [[Established Areas of Privacy]] ([[Established Areas of Informational Privacy | ||
]], [[Established Areas of Personal Privacy]], [[Established Areas of Territorial Privacy]]) · [[Warrantless Searches|General Police Powers to Intrude]] ([[Statutory Warrantless Search Powers]]) · [[Manner of Search]] | |||
* '''[[Warrantless Searches]]''' | * '''[[Warrantless Searches]]''' | ||
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* '''Crown or Judge-Ordered Termination of Proceedings''' | * '''Crown or Judge-Ordered Termination of Proceedings''' | ||
** [[Withdraw and Dismissal of Charges]] · [[Constitutional Challenges to Legislation]] · [[Mistrials]] · [[Directed Verdicts]] · | ** [[Withdraw and Dismissal of Charges]] · [[Constitutional Challenges to Legislation]] · [[Mistrials]] · [[Directed Verdicts]] · | ||
** [[Stay of Proceedings]] ([[Charter Remedies]]): [[Judicial Stay of Proceedings]] ([[Abuse of Process]], [[Abuse of Process by Crown Counsel|By Crown Counsel]] | ** [[Stay of Proceedings]] ([[Charter Remedies]]): [[Stay of Proceedings by Crown | ||
]] · [[Judicial Stay of Proceedings]] ([[Abuse of Process]], [[Abuse of Process by Crown Counsel|By Crown Counsel]], [[Abuse of Process by Law Enforcement|By Law Enforcement]], [[Abuse of Process Remedies|Abuse Remedies]] | |||
**[[Right to a Trial Within a Reasonable Time]]: [[Breach Within the Presumptive Ceiling]] · [[Defence Delay Under Jordan Framework|Defence Delay]] · [[Extraordinary Circumstances in Jordan Delay Analysis]] | **[[Right to a Trial Within a Reasonable Time]]: [[Breach Within the Presumptive Ceiling]] · [[Defence Delay Under Jordan Framework|Defence Delay]] · [[Extraordinary Circumstances in Jordan Delay Analysis]] | ||
*** [[Morin Framework (Pre-Jordan 2016)]] ([[Reasons for Delay (Morin Framework Only)|Reasons for Delay]]) | *** [[Morin Framework (Pre-Jordan 2016)]] ([[Reasons for Delay (Morin Framework Only)|Reasons for Delay]]) | ||
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===Procedure=== | ===Procedure=== | ||
* '''[[Sentencing Procedure]]''' | * '''[[Sentencing Procedure]]''' | ||
** [[Overview of Sentencing]] · [[Guilty Plea]] · [[Notice of Increased Penalty]] · [[Sentencing Evidence|Evidence]] · [[Pre-Sentence Reports]] · [[Victim Impact Statements]] · [[Plea Bargains]] · [[Remand Credit]] · [[Charter Issues in Sentencing|Charter Issues]] ([[Retrospective Punishments]]) · [[Sentencing Circles]] | ** [[Overview of Sentencing]] · [[Guilty Plea]] · [[Notice of Increased Penalty]] · [[Sentencing Evidence|Evidence]] · [[Pre-Sentence Reports]] · [[Victim Impact Statements]] · [[Plea Bargains]] · [[Remand Credit]] ([[Strict Bail Conditions Credit]]) · [[Charter Issues in Sentencing|Charter Issues]] ([[Retrospective Punishments]]) · [[Sentencing Circles]] | ||
===Serving Sentences and Afterwards=== | ===Serving Sentences and Afterwards=== | ||
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Emergency Firearms Prohibition Orders | Emergency Firearms Prohibition Orders | ||
Employment Status as a Factor of Sentencing | Employment Status as a Factor of Sentencing | ||
Example Final Jury Instructions | Example Final Jury Instructions | ||
Example Final Jury Instructions (Conclusion, Deliberation and Parole) | Example Final Jury Instructions (Conclusion, Deliberation and Parole) | ||
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List of Primary Designated DNA Offences | List of Primary Designated DNA Offences | ||
Membership of Federal Appointments Committees | Membership of Federal Appointments Committees | ||
Miscellaneous Issues for Preliminary Inquiry | Miscellaneous Issues for Preliminary Inquiry | ||
Objections Cheatsheet | Objections Cheatsheet | ||
Operation, Care or Control of a Vehicle (Until December 13, 2018) | Operation, Care or Control of a Vehicle (Until December 13, 2018) | ||
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Procedure and Practice Readings List | Procedure and Practice Readings List | ||
Procedure for Review of a Judicial Authorization | Procedure for Review of a Judicial Authorization | ||
Racial Profiling | Racial Profiling | ||
Reasonable Person Test | Reasonable Person Test | ||
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Sentencing for Luring Brief | Sentencing for Luring Brief | ||
Sentencing for Murder | Sentencing for Murder | ||
Terrorism Offences | Terrorism Offences | ||
Trial Judgement | Trial Judgement | ||
Revision as of 06:40, 8 June 2024
Volume I: Criminal Law
- Sources of Criminal Law
- Actus Reus and Mens Rea
- Actus Reus: Causation · Duty of Care · Possession
- Mens Rea: Intention · Knowledge and Wilful Blindness · Recklessness
- General Proof of Elements
- Doctrines of Constructive Liability
- Principles of Interpretation
- Constitutional Challenges to Legislation
- Offences
- Terrorism Offences (List of Entities)
- Weapons and Firearms Offences (Persons Exempted From Firearm Offences · Proving the Existence of Firearms and Related Issues)
- Sexual Offences (Online Sexual Offences · Distribution, Making Available, and Making Child Pornography) · Possession and Access of Child Pornography · Disorderly Conduct
- Offences of Violence (Consent to Physical Contact) · Gambling and Gaming · Hate Speech and Libel
- Administration of Justice Offences (Proof of Bodily Substance in Condition Breach Prosecution)
- Property Offences: Fraud-based Offences, Alternative Methods of Theft
- Corruption Offences · Drug Offences (Drug Trafficking)
- Conveyance Offences: Screening for Drugs or Alcohol · Admission of Breath or Blood Sample · Proof of Impairment by Drugs or Alcohol
- Homicide ("Planned and Deliberate" · Murder by Unlawful Act or Object)
- Misc Offences: Piracy and Offences Against Air and Marine Safety · Administration Of Justice · Currency · Firearms · Fraud · Property · Public Order · Person · Terrorism · Sexual And Disorderly Conduct
- Repealed Offences · Miscellaneous
- Misc. Provisions: Powers to Suppress Riots
- Definitions: "Bodily Harm", "Child Pornography", "Dwelling House", Judicial Officers and Offices, General Documents, Legal Documents and Financial Instruments, Parties, Persons, Places and Organizations, "Peace Officers", Terrorism Definitions, "Deceit, Falsehood, or Other Fraudulent Means" · Terms Relating to Transactions and Transferences · "Weapons" · "Firearms", "Prohibited Firearms" · "Restricted Firearms", "non-restricted firearms", "Prohibited Device" and "Ammunition" · Misc Code Definitions.
- Regulatory and Provincial Offences
- Defences
- Intoxication (Limitations on Intoxication Defences) · Automatism · Provocation · Necessity · Duress · Entrapment · Reasonable Excuse · Self-Defence and Defence of Another (Pre-2013) · Defence of Property (Pre-2013) · Officially Induced Error · Acting in Authority · Corrective Force · Accident and Mistake (Mistaken Belief of Age) · Alibi · De Minimus · Due Diligence · Consent (Consent in Sexual Offences · Age of Consent in Sexual Offences · Honest But Mistaken Belief in Communicated Consent) · Abandonment · Innocent Possession · Colour of Right
- Offence-specific Defences: Defamatory Libel Defences · Child Pornography Defences (Child Pornography Private Use Defence)
- Appendix
- Offences by Penalty · CDSA Schedules · Table of Concordance · Table of Cases · Criminal Code and Related Definitions · Criminal Code Structure · List of Legislative Amendments (Criminal Code (2000 to present) · Criminal Code (1892 to 1984) · Criminal Code (1984 to 1999) · Failed Amendments · Pending Amendments) · List of Hybrid Offences · List of Straight Indictable Offences · List of Summary Conviction Offences · Offences by Penalty · History of Sexual Offences · Criminal Law in the Canadian Territories · Ministerial Powers Under the CDSA · Criminal Code Forms · Criminal Code Schedules
- Court Membership · List of Appointing Governments
Volume II: Evidence
Basic Principles
- Acceptance of Evidence
- Proving Facts
- Direct Evidence · Circumstantial Evidence · Inferences · Recent Possession · Presumptions (Presumption of Innocence) · Judicial Notice · Admissions of Fact · Analyzing Testimony (Bias, Interest, and Corruption · Weighing Testimony of the Accused · Credibility and Reliability of Child Witnesses) · Corroboration
- Proof of Previous Conviction · Proof of Controlled Substance
Forms of Evidence
- Real Evidence
- Documentary Evidence
- Testimonial Evidence
- Competence and Compellability: Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (Quashing a Subpoena) · Oaths and Affirmations · Competence of Witnesses to Testify · Competence of Children and Witnesses of Diminished Capacity · Spousal Immunity
- Refreshing Memory · Testimonial Aids for Young, Disabled or Vulnerable Witnesses (Witness Screen and Closed-Circuit Video Testimony · Support Person Assisted Testimony · Testimonial Aids for Witnesses at Risk of Harm) · Long Distance Testimonial Aids · Interpreters · Evidence by Commission
- Adverse and Hostile Witnesses
Limits on the Admissibility of Evidence
- Opinion Evidence
- Lay Opinion Evidence
- Expert Evidence: Qualified Expert Evidence · Legal Requirements for Qualified Expert Evidence (Independence, Impartiality and Lack of Bias of Expert Witnesses) · Procedure for Calling Expert Evidence · Evidence Rules · Established Fields of Expert Evidence (Expert Evidence in Drug Trafficking · Expert Evidence in Psychology and Psychiatry)
- Credibility
- Character Evidence
- Hearsay
- Traditional Exceptions (Statutory Hearsay Exception for Victims, Children and Disabled · Statements Against Interest Exception · Res Gestae and Dying Declarations · Past Recollection Recorded · Sworn Testimony Exception to Hearsay · Co-Conspirators Exception to Hearsay · Adoptive and Implied Admissions)
- Principled Exception (Necessity · Reliability)
- Oral Aboriginal History Evidence
- Admissions and Confessions
- Privilege
- Solicitor-Client Privilege: Searches Intruding on Solicitor-Client Privilege (including Law Office Searches) · Waiver of Solicitor-Client Privilege · Exceptions to Solicitor-Client Privilege
- Public Interest Privilege (National Defence and Security Privilege) · Litigation Privilege · Settlement Privilege · Informer Privilege · Spousal Privilege · Case-by-Case Privilege · Protection of Journalist Records and Sources
Volume III: Search and Seizure
- Introduction to Search and Seizure
- Fundamental Principles
- Rights Against Search and Seizure · Reasonable Expectation of Privacy · Established Areas of Privacy ([[Established Areas of Informational Privacy
]], Established Areas of Personal Privacy, Established Areas of Territorial Privacy) · General Police Powers to Intrude (Statutory Warrantless Search Powers) · Manner of Search
- Warrantless Searches
- Search by Consent · Search Incident to Investigative Detention · Search Incident to Arrest · Warrantless Search of Abandoned Property · Plain View Search and Seizure · Exigent Circumstances · (Warrantless Entry into Dwellings in Exigent Circumstances) · Entry into Place to Execute an Arrest Warrant · Searches at an International Border
- Warrant Searches
- Applying for Judicial Authorizations · Contents of the ITO (Confidential Informers) · Search Warrant Evidence · Reasonable and Probable Grounds · Standard of Review · Execution of Warrants · Miscellaneous Judicial Authorization Provisions
- Special Search Issues · Searches Intruding on Solicitor-Client Privilege (see above) · Computer-related Search Issues · Sealing and Unsealing Judicial Authorizations
- Types of Warrant
- Section 487 Search Warrants · General Warrants (487.01) · Bodily Samples (including impaired driving, DNA Samples (487.091), Taking of Sample of DNA Under Section 487.056 · Body Print Impression Warrant (487.092), Blood Sample Warrants in Conveyance Investigations) · Obscene Materials Warrant (164), Copying, Deleting and Identifying Data From Computer System Custodians · Gaming House Warrants (199) · Tracking Warrants (492.1) · Warrant for Transmission Data Recorder (492.2) · Firearms Warrants · Hate Propaganda Warrants (320) · Terrorist Propoganda (83.222) · Seizure and Forfeiture of Firearms for Public Safety · CDSA Warrants (11 CDSA) · Foreign Warrants · Telewarrants · Assistance Orders
- Production Orders: General Production Orders · Production Orders for Financial Data · Production Orders for Tracking Data · Trace Specified Communications Production Orders · Transmission Data Production Orders
- Wiretaps (Consent Wiretaps · Third Party Wiretaps · Warrantless Wiretaps · Designated Offences · Admitting Wiretap Evidence · Annual Wiretap Reports)
- Manner of Search: Manner of Authorized Entry into a Dwelling House
Seizure and Forfeiture Powers
- Preservation of Evidence and Property
- Seizure of Property
- Procedure on Seizure of Property · Special Issues for Seizure of Property
- Ancillary Powers Doctrine · Warrantless Overseizure Under Section 489 · Detention Order for Things Seized Under Section 489 or 487.11 (Order of Detention · Extending an Initial Detention Order) · Taking Photographs and Fingerprints of Accused Persons · Inventory Searches · Firearm Seizure Powers · Seizure of Proceeds of Crime · Seizure and Forfeiture of Obscene or Child Pornographic Materials · Return of Things Seized to Lawful Owners · Seizure of Firearms · Warrants to Seize Explosives · Seizure of Bodily Samples · Seizure and Detention of Property under CDSA
- Forfeiture Orders
- Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime (re Criminal Organizations) · Application for Relief from Proceeds Forfeiture
- Forfeiture of Offence-related Property · Forfeiture of Offence-related Property Under the CDSA · Forfeiture of Things Detained Under Section 490 · Forfeiture of Weapons and Firearms · Forfeiture of Computer-related Property · Fine in Lieu of Forfeiture · Civil Forfeiture · Terrorism Forfeiture Orders · Hate Propaganda Forfeiture Orders
Exclusion of Evidence
Appendix
Volume IV: Procedure and Practice
Arrest, Detention and Release
- Arrest and Detention
- Investigative Detention · Warrantless Arrests (Arrest by a Citizen · Out of Province Warrantless Arrest) · Initial Post-Charge Detention · Continued Detention After Appearing Before a Justice
- Warrant Arrests: Accused Arrest Warrants for Failing to Attend Court · Arrest Warrants for Witnesses · Arrest Warrants for Accused Persons · Out of Province Arrest Warrants
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Procedural Rights
- Arrest Procedure: Right to be Informed of Charges · Right to be Informed of Reasons for Arrest or Detention · Initial Post-Charge Detention · Duty to Deliver Detainee to a Justice Without Unreasonable Delay
- Waiver of Charter Rights · Exclusion of Evidence on Rights Violation · Initial Post-Charge Detention
- Compelling Attendance
- Judicial Interim Release / Bail
- Bail Hearings · Reverse Onus Bail · Grounds for Detention · Bail Hearing Evidence · Sureties and Deposits · Terms of Release · Breach of Release Conditions (Bail Consequences Upon Alleged Misconduct) · Revoking, Terminating, or Replacing Bail or Remand Orders · Estreatment of Recognizance · Bail Pending Appeal · Bail Review · Section 525 Detention Review · Bail for Young Accused · Release on Section 469 Offences (including murder)
The Parties in a Proceeding
- Role of the Crown (Definition of Crown, Prosecutor and Attorney General · Prosecutorial Discretion) · Role of the Defence Counsel · Conflicts of Interest
- Role of Law Enforcement (Authorizations to Commit Illegal Acts)
- Role of the Accused (Sitting Position of the Accused at Trial · Obligation of Accused to be Present During Proceedings) · Role of the Trial Judge (Procedural Powers of a Preliminary Inquiry Judge · Judicial Immunity · Judicial Neutrality and Bias (Reasonable Apprehension of Bias · Role of Court Administration) · Functus Officio)
- Role of the Victim and Third Parties
Disclosure
- Crown Duty to Disclose (Types of First-Party Disclosable Materials · Limitations on Access to Disclosure) · Right to Make Full Answer and Defence · Police Duty to Collect Evidence · Lost or Destroyed Evidence · Disclosure of Third Party Records · Remedy for Breach of Disclosure Obligation · Demand for Particulars · Production Orders · Special Disclosure Issues · Access to Things Detained Under Section 490
Courts and Charges
- Criminal Courts and Charges
- Public Access to Courts
- Open Court Principle · Public and Media Restrictions (Statutory Publication Ban on Identity Information · Statutory Publication Ban on Evidence · Excluding People From Court) · Publication Bans Relating to Youth Prosecutions · Access to Records Relating to Youth Prosecutions · Access to Court-Filed Exhibits · Sealing and Unsealing Judicial Authorizations
Pre-Hearing Stages
- Initial Court Appearances
- Remote Attendance: In Court of Appeal · By Accused · Judge and Jurors · Witnesses · By Counsel and Others (Counsel Appearing by Telepresence)
- Case Management Hearings
- Applications and Motions Procedure
- Voir Dire · Charter Applications (Charter Remedies) · Adjournments · Publication Bans · Change of Venue · Rule Against Collateral Attacks on Court Orders · Judicial Neutrality and Bias · Summary Dismissal Applications
- Peace Bonds: Forced Marriage · Injury or Damage · Organized Crime · Serious Personal Injury · Sexual Offences · Terrorism Vulnerable Witnesses · Common Law Peace Bonds
- Crown or Judge-Ordered Termination of Proceedings
- Withdraw and Dismissal of Charges · Constitutional Challenges to Legislation · Mistrials · Directed Verdicts ·
- Stay of Proceedings (Charter Remedies): [[Stay of Proceedings by Crown
]] · Judicial Stay of Proceedings (Abuse of Process, By Crown Counsel, By Law Enforcement, Abuse Remedies
Substantive Hearings
- Preliminary Inquiry
- Trial Process
- Representation at Trial (Right to Self-Representation · Court Appointed Counsel · Amicus Curae) · Ex Parte Trial Proceedings · Opening and Closing Address · Orders to Exclude Witnesses from Court · Testimonial Evidence · Examinations (Examinations-in-Chief, Cross-Examinations, Re-Direct Examinations) · Rebuttal and Reply · Reopening the Case · Role of the Trial Judge
- Loss of Judge During Proceedings
- Juries
- Juror Eligibility · Procedure · Selection · Right to a Representative Jury · Selecting Jurors From Panel · Peremptory Challenge · Selecting Additional and Alternate Jurors · Challenge to Jury Panel · Challenge for Cause · Instructions (Established Areas of Jury Instruction) · Jury Questions · Discharging a Juror · Jury Deliberations · Special Issues Relating to Jurors
- Trial Verdicts
Mental Health Issues
- Mental Illness
- Assessment for Fitness and Criminal Responsibility · Fitness to Stand Trial · Treatment of an Accused Unfit to Stand Trial · Not Criminally Responsible Due to Mental Disorder, Dual Status Offenders, Application for High Risk Designation
- Review Board Detention and Bail, Review Board Disposition Hearings, Review Board Hearing Procedure, Review Board Publication Bans, Review of Review Board, Powers of the Review Board, Appeal of Mental Illness Dispositions, Mental Disorder in Youth Justice
Youth Procedure
Appeals
- Appeals
- Right to Appeal
- Right of Appeal by Accused of Verdicts or Sentences for Indictable Offences · Right of Appeal of Verdicts or Sentences for Summary Offences · Right of Appeal by Accused of Verdicts or Sentences for Indictable Offences · Right of Appeal of Verdicts or Sentences for Summary Offences · Right of Appeal of a Summary Conviction Appeal Decision
- Appeals Relating to Young Persons
- Standard of Review
- Grounds of Appeal from Verdicts: Unreasonable Verdict · Appeal of an Error of Law · Miscarriage of Justice (Ineffective Counsel) · Misapprehension of Evidence · Sufficiency of Reasons
- Grounds of Appeal from Sentence · Appeals Other Than Verdicts or Sentences
- Remedies on Conviction Appeal · Remedies on Acquittal Appeal · Remedies on Sentence Appeal Appellate Powers to Dismiss an Appeal from Conviction
- Appeal Procedure
- Appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada
- Ministerial Review
Appendix
- Definitions · Case Digests · Readings · List of Criminal Code Forms · Misc Procedural Provisions · Official Court Forms
- Precedents and Checklists: Motions Chart · Motions Checklist · Trial Preparation Checklist · Bail Checklist
Volume V: Sentencing
Principles and Factors
- Purpose and Principles of Sentencing
- Enumerated Purposes of Sentencing · Proportionality · Denunication and Deterrence · Totality · Parity Principle · Restraint Principle · Jump, Step and Gap Principles · Aboriginal Offenders · Sentencing Starting Points · Sentencing Ranges
- Aggravating and Mitigating Factors: Sentencing Factors Relating to the Offender (Racial Identity in Sentencing) · Sentencing Factors Relating to the Offence · Sentencing Factors Relating to the Criminal Proceedings · Victims as a Factor in Sentencing · State and Police Misconduct as a Sentencing Factor · Effect of Criminal Records in Sentencing · Position of Trust as a Factor in Sentencing
- Sentencing of Organizations
- Principles by Offence
Tools of Sentencing: Available Sentences
- Alternative Measures: Extrajudicial Measures for Young Offenders · Remediation Agreements
- Sentences: Discharges (Curative Discharges) · Probation Orders (Terms and Conditions · Restitution · Variation of Probation Orders) · Fines · Imprisonment · Conditional Sentences (Terms and Conditions of a Conditional Sentence Order · Conditional Sentence Breaches)
- Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences · Maximum and Minimum Sentences (Statutory Maximum Penalties · Mandatory Minimum Penalties · List of Mandatory Minimum Challenges) · Life Sentences
Tools of Sentencing: Ancillary Orders
- Ancillary Orders
- Ancillary Investigative Orders
- Ancillary Prohibition Orders
- Ancillary Fine and Restitution Orders:
- Forfeiture Orders
Procedure
Serving Sentences and Afterwards
- Serving Sentences · Consequences of Criminal Records After Sentencing (Pardons and Record Suspensions · Immigration Consequences from a Conviction)
- Parole: Application for Parole · Delayed Parole Eligibility · Judicial Review of Parole Ineligibility · Judicial Review of Parole Ineligibility for Murder
- Long-Term and Dangerous Offender Designation:
- Remand Assessment for LTO/DO Applications · List of Dangerous Offender Designated Offences · Requirements for a Long Term Offender Designation · Serious Personal Injury Offences · Consequences of a Long Term Offender Designation · Requirements for a Dangerous Offender Designation · Consequences of a Dangerous Offender Designation · Procedure in a LTO/DO Designation Hearing · Appellate Review of an LTO or DO Designation
Young Offenders
- Youth Criminal Justice · Miscellaneous Authority of a Youth Court Justice
- Procedure for Young Accused · Bail for Young Accused · Defence Election for Young Accused
- Sentencing Young Offenders · Principles and Purposes of Youth Sentencing · Factors of Youth Sentencing · Youth Pre-Sentence Reports
- Dispositions for Young Offenders: Adult Sentences for Young Offenders · Custody and Supervision Orders · Youth Serving Custody Sentences · Youth Probation Orders · Conditional Supervision Order · Concurrent and Consecutive Youth Sentences
Military
Appendix
Full Text By Volume
- Volume 1: Criminal Law (large page)
- Volume 1.1: Offence Profiles (large page)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1A (Terrorism, Organized Crime, Weapons)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1B (Sexual Offences and Disorder Offences)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1C (Violent Offences and Homicide)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1D (Administration of Justice Offences)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1E (Motor Vehicle Offences)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1F (Property Offences and Corruption Offences)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1G (Drug Offences)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1H (Gaming, Hate Speech, Libel, Regulatory)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1I (Repealed and Unconstitutional Offences)
- Full Text:Volume 1.1J (Misc Offences)
- Volume 2: Evidence (large page)
- Volume 3: Search and Seizure (large page)
- Volume 4: Procedure and Practice (large page)
- Full Text:Volume 4A - Police Powers and Bail
- Full Text:Volume 4B - Pre-trial Matters
- Full Text:Volume 4C - Preliminiary Inquiry, Trial and Verdict
- Full Text:Volume 4D - Mental Health
- Full Text:Volume 4E - Appeals
- Volume 5: Sentencing (large page)
- Volume 6: Case Digests (large page)
- Volume 7: Reference Materials (large page)