charge screening form
This form may be part of your disclosure. It is also known as a crown screening form. The form tells you how the Crown plans to deal with your charges, including:
- what kind of sentence the Crown will ask for
- whether some of your charges will be dropped if you plead guilty early
- whether you've been approved for diversion
This...
crown screening form
This form may be part of your disclosure. It is also known as a charge screening form. The form tells you how the Crown plans to deal with your charges, including:
- what kind of sentence the Crown will ask for
- whether some of your charges will be dropped if you plead guilty early
- whether you've been approved for diversion
...
court docket
A daily list of all the cases that will be addressed in the courtroom on that day. It is usally posted on the courtroom door.
Charter application
This is a type of pre-trial motion made to ask for a remedy for a violation of your Charter rights. This includes your right:
- to a lawyer
- to be presumed innocent until you're proven guilty in a fair and public hearing by an impartial court
- to be given a trial within a reasonable amount of time
- to be free from...
bound over
When someone like a witness or accused person, is required to come to court for a scheduled proceeding, and the judge wants them to come back on another day. That person is "bound over" to the next court date. The court document that compelled the person's attendance on the first court date remains valid to compel attendance at the next court...
bail
If you are released from custody after a bail hearing it means that you have been given bail. Bail is also known as judicial interim release. This means that the Court is satisfied that if they release you, you will not commit crime, you will show up to your court dates and you will follow all the rules the court gives you while your case...
agent
An agent is someone you ask to act on your behalf. It can be a lawyer, a paralegal, a family member, or a friend. You can ask an agent to go to court for you if the offence you were charged with carries a maximum penalty of 6 months in jail and/or a $5,000 fine and is:
- a summary offence, or
- a hybrid offence that the Crown has...
designation of counsel
The Criminal Code allows lawyers, paralegals, and articling students to appear "by designation" for routine court appearances if a designation of counsel has been filed with the court. If you have hired a lawyer, they may ask you to sign a designation of counsel so that they can appear in court without you, and without needing to ask the court...
discretionary bench warrant
When you miss a court date the court might order a special kind of warrant called a discretionary bench warrant. With a discretionary bench warrant, the court adjourns your case without ordering a bench warrant for your arrest. They will set a new date for your case. If a discretionary bench warrant is ordered, the police will not arrest you, but...