Criminal courts
- Created by: Dominic Hayward
- Created on: 12-12-13 14:17
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- Criminal courts
- Types of offenses
- Triable-either-way offenses
- Tried at EITHER court
- E.g. Theft, Assualt causing GBH
- Middle range offenses
- Summary offenses
- E.g. assault and damge (under £5,000)
- For the least serious offenses
- Tried at the magistrates court
- Indictable
- Tried at crown court with a judge and jury
- Most serious cases
- E.g. Murder, **** and manslaughter
- Triable-either-way offenses
- Criminal Court Hierachy
- Magistrates court
- Crown Court
- High Court QBD
- Court of Appeal
- Supreme Court
- Court of Appeal
- High Court QBD
- Crown Court
- Magistrates court
- Magistrates Court
- Serious triable-either-way and indictable offenses are sent to the Crown Court as the sentencing at magistrates court isnt good enough.
- Magistrates deal with summary offences and some triable-either-way cases (under 6 months jail or under £5,000) to completion.
- Account for 97% of all trials.
- Main Roles
- Bail
- Drugs Court
- Deciding verdicts
- Youth Court
- Preliminary hearings/sending cases to Crown Court
- Crown Court
- Roles
- Sentencing
- Sentencing some defendants from magistrates court
- Appeals from magistrates court
- Jury trials
- Trial Order
- Counsel for prosecution opens his case
- Witnesses for the prosecution
- Counsel for the defense the defense may open his case
- Witnesses for the defence
- Counsel for the prosecution sums up his case
- Council for the defence sums up their case
- Summing up to the jury by the judge
- Jury retires and comes back with a verdict
- Summing up to the jury by the judge
- Council for the defence sums up their case
- Counsel for the prosecution sums up his case
- Witnesses for the defence
- Counsel for the defense the defense may open his case
- Witnesses for the prosecution
- Counsel for prosecution opens his case
- Roles
- High Court
- Is an appeals court
- 3 Divisions
- Chancery division
- Queens bench division
- for criminal cases
- Family division
- Court of Appeal
- 2 divisions
- Civil division
- Criminal division
- Used for re-trial cases and give a new verdict
- 2 divisions
- Types of offenses
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