Scenario 6

Q - Carol, an unrepresented defendant, arrived at the courtroom approximately 30 minutes after the court tier had begun. She rushed in the door and loudly apologized to everyone in the courtroom. As she hurried to find a seat, she spilled her coffee all over her Bon Jovi T-shirt. She finally took a seat beside the provincial offences officer, who was sitting beside the prosecutor. Carol started chatting with the officer to find out what she had missed. When she looked around the room, Carol recognized her neighbour in the witness box and started waving. She then took out her cellphone to send text messages to all of her friends about the neighbour's charges. Carol then played around with her phone in order to find the app that she could use to video-tape her neighbour's evidence.

1.List the rules and appropriate etiquette practices that were breached by Carol.

2.If Carol does not speak English and her interpreter is present so that she can enter a not guilty plea, when would the prosecution likely call her case?

a.Before guilty pleas are heard.

b.Before other not guilty pleas are heard when no interpreter is present.

c.After other not guilty pleas are heard when no interpreter is present.

d.Before uncontested adjournments.

e.None of the above; Carol cannot use an interpreter to plead not guilty.