All crimes in Canada are laid out in the Criminal Code.

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Alberta's Traffic Safety Act is an example of quasi-criminal law.

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At the time of Confederation, jurisdiction over criminal law in Canada was given to the federal government.

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The Court of Queen's Bench was established and is maintained by the province of Alberta.

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A trial over a traffic violation will be held in the Provincial Court, Civil Division.

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There are no conditions attached to an absolute discharge.

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An offender given a suspended sentence still has a criminal record.

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Offenders who can't pay fines can work off the money owed by doing community service type work.

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An appellate court can reverse a jury's decision to acquit a defendant.

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If the Crown wins a case, but think the sentence handed out is too lenient, it can launch an appeal of the sentence.

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he parole term for a convicted murderer continues for life.

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The police see a scruffy-looking young man on the street. They stop to question him and find him rude and uncooperative. They frisk him for drugs, weapons, or stolen property. The police have acted legally in this situation.

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The police have good reason to believe that illegal alcohol is being produced on a premises. Wanting to seize a batch before it's shipped out later that day, the police search a detached garage without a warrant.

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The police, who have a warrant, search a home for illegal drugs. They decide to search a resident of the home, whom they have good reason to believe is carrying illegal drugs, but whom they haven't arrested.

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An officer obtains a warrant to search a home for illegal drugs. While in the residence, the officer decides to look in drawers and closets for stolen property as well.

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A homeowner refuses the police entry into her home because the date on the search warrant is wrong. The police, knowing that any evidence will be destroyed if they wait any longer, force their way in.

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The police stop a car that was driving on the wrong side of the road. When the driver rolls down the window, the officer smells strong alcohol fumes, and so he searches the car for illegal alcohol.

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Use the words from the list that match the blanks in the sentences.

A criminal offence that the Crown can decide to treat by way of indictment or by way of summary conviction is called a(n) ______________ offence.	Answer 1Choose...Duty CounselEntrapmentintentPlea bargainingHabeas corpusplea negotiationlaying on informationdiscoveryappearance noticeCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedomshybridsummary conviction
If, for a minor offence,a police officer writes out a gives you a notice on the spot telling you to appear in court, you've been given a(n) __________________.	Answer 2Choose...Duty CounselEntrapmentintentPlea bargainingHabeas corpusplea negotiationlaying on informationdiscoveryappearance noticeCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedomshybridsummary conviction
A police officer who wants to conduct a search, swears an oath before a justice of the peace. This is called _________________.	Answer 3Choose...Duty CounselEntrapmentintentPlea bargainingHabeas corpusplea negotiationlaying on informationdiscoveryappearance noticeCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedomshybridsummary conviction
A person arrested or detained and held in custody without being brought before a judge, may apply for a writ of ________________ to remedy this situation.	Answer 4Choose...Duty CounselEntrapmentintentPlea bargainingHabeas corpusplea negotiationlaying on informationdiscoveryappearance noticeCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedomshybridsummary conviction
A lawyer available at the police station or on duty at the court, to advise people who are making their first court appearance, is called a ______________________.	Answer 5Choose...Duty CounselEntrapmentintentPlea bargainingHabeas corpusplea negotiationlaying on informationdiscoveryappearance noticeCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedomshybridsummary conviction
The mandatory process whereby an accused meets with the Crown prosecutor prior to a trial by judge and jury, to ensure that the accused understands the case being made against him or her, is known as ____________.	Answer 6Choose...Duty CounselEntrapmentintentPlea bargainingHabeas corpusplea negotiationlaying on informationdiscoveryappearance noticeCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedomshybridsummary conviction
If an accused agrees with the Crown, to plead guilty to a lesser offence than the one originally charged, ___________________ has occurred.	Answer 7Choose...Duty CounselEntrapmentintentPlea bargainingHabeas corpusplea negotiationlaying on informationdiscoveryappearance noticeCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedomshybridsummary conviction
The document, that is part of Canada's constitution, which guarantees Canadians certain legal rights, is the _________________________.	Answer 8Choose...Duty CounselEntrapmentintentPlea bargainingHabeas corpusplea negotiationlaying on informationdiscoveryappearance noticeCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedomshybridsummary conviction

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Since the offence with which Mr. Smith is charged was committed against a young woman, his lawyer doesn't want many young women on the jury. She challenges all three women under the age of 30. What type of challenge is this?

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One prospective juror doesn't speak or understand English very well and Mr. Smith's lawyer is afraid he'll be unable to follow the arguments she intends to present. What type of challenge would this be?

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Mr. Smith's lawyer is surprised by the number of visible minority groups represented by the prospective jurors. Since the offence her client is accused of, was committed against a member of such a group, this worries her. She believes she can prove that the sheriff has deliberately selected a disproportional number of non-Caucasians as prospective jurors. What type of challenge is this?

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On questioning the prospective jurors, Mr. Smith's lawyer learns that one of them has been following the case in the media and strongly believes in the guilt of her client. What type of challenge is this?

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Katherine, normally mild-mannered, notices a suspicious-looking individual bending down near her neighbour's basement window. Knowing her neighbours are away, and being fed up with the rash of burglaries in the area, Katherine decides that enough is enough; she'll stop this crime before it even gets started. Hoping her karate lessons will help her if things get nasty, Katherine rushes into her neighbour's yard, accosts the stranger, and tells him he's under arrest and that she's taking him to the police station. Based on this information, answer the following 4 questions.

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In this case, Katherine is acting within her legal rights.

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If Katherine succeeds in arresting the man and taking him to the police and it turns out he's the gas-meter reader doing his job, Katherine could be in legal trouble of her own.

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If Katherine encountered the man actually breaking into her own basement window, she could legally arrest him.

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If Katherine encountered a suspect being pursued by the police, she could legally arrest him or her.

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