Criminal court procedures
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- Created on: 14-01-14 12:21
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- Criminal court procedure
- Ajournment hearing
- Unusual for a case to be completed at the first hearing,
- escept if they please guilty for minor offences.
- Magistrates may need to adjourn for further information about the D.
- CPS, not all information, pre sentence report, D needs legal advice.
- Remanded in custody or sent out on bail.
- Unusual for a case to be completed at the first hearing,
- Early administrative hearing
- When D wants to apply for legal aid and whether they're eligible.
- Request pre sentence or medical reports.
- Remanded in custody or given bail.
- Advantages
- D's are more likely to be aquitted at the Crown Court than the mags.
- 15% of D's who plead not guilty in the mags are found not guilty.
- At the Crown Court over 60% of D's are aquitted.
- more likely to recieve legal aid.
- Lawyers are more experienced.
- Disadvantages
- Usually a longer wait before the case is dealt with.
- if the D is not given bail, the waiting period is spent in prison.
- Cost of the case are much greater than those in the mags court.
- D's who are found guilty, the judge at the CC has the power to give a greater sentence than the mags.
- If the D is ordered to pay of the prosecution costs, this will be a greater amount than in the mags.
- Expensive.
- Ajournment hearing
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