Unit 3: Criminal Law Diagnostic. What is more serious: indictable offence, summary offence, or a hybrid offence?

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Unit 3: Criminal Law Diagnostic

What is more serious: indictable offence, summary offence, or a hybrid offence?

In what court does a summary offence begin?

Does the accused have to testify during his / her trial?

Are all trials open to the public?

When choosing jury members a lawyer can reject a prospective juror. How many "challenge for cause" rejections do lawyers have?

How many jury members make up a jury in a criminal trial?

Is intoxication an acceptable defence?

What is another word for compulsion?

What is the mandatory minimum sentence for 1st degree murder?

What is racial profiling?

Where do we find arches, loops, and whorls?

If actus reus refers to the guilty act, to what does men's real refer?

What does it mean to be acquitted?

Provide an example of a conditional sentence.

What group of Canadians are typically allowed to use sentencing circles when deciding punishment?

Provide an example of a "trier-of-fact".