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TOPICS

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Criminal - Subjects Table of Contents (A)


ABUSE OF PROCESS
Criminal - Abuse of Process

ACTUS REUS
Criminal - Actus Reus

ADJOURNMENTS
Criminal - Adjournments

ADULT THERAPEUTIC COURT
Criminal - Adult Therapeutic Court

AFFIDAVITS
Criminal - Affidavits

ALLOCUTION
Criminal - Allocution

AMICUS CURIAE
Criminal - Amicus Curiae

APPEALS

Many of the appeal issues listed below also apply in civil cases. Sometimes I link to the civil versions of the topics as they may have principles useful to the criminal context.

General
Criminal - Appeals - Criminal Appeals Must be by Federal Statute

Common Grounds of Appeal (Criminal)
Criminal - Appeals - Failure to Object
Criminal - Appeals - Inadequate Reasons
Criminal - Appeals - Unreasonable Verdict (+)
Criminal - Appeals - Inconsistent Verdict
Criminal - Appeals - Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (+)
Criminal - Appeals - Miscarriage of Justice
Criminal - Appeal - Dismissal Where Error Immaterial [CCC 759(3)]
Criminal - Appeal - Facts-Based

Common Grounds of Appeal (Civil)
Appeal - Common Grounds of Appeal (Civil).

Fresh Evidence
Criminal - Appeals - Fresh Evidence (+)
Appeals - Evidence on Appeal (Civil) [LINKED from /appeal (the civil version)]

Curative Proviso
Criminal - Appeals - Curative Proviso [CCC 686]
Criminal - Appeals - Curative Proviso - CCC 686(1)(a,b) (+)

Crown Appeal
Criminal - Appeals - Crown Appeal from Acquittal (+)

Powers on Appeal (Remedies)
Criminal - Appeals - Powers on Appeal [CCC 683]
Criminal - Appeals - Remedy (+)
Criminal - Appeals - Substituting Verdict [CCC 686(3)(b)]

Summary Proceedings
Criminal - Appeals - Summary Conviction Appeals

Sentencing
Criminal - Appeals - Sentencing (+)
Criminal - Appeals - Reincarceration

Re-openings
Criminal - Appeals - Re-Opening (+) [LINKED from /review]
Reviews - Re-opening (Civil) [LINKED from /review (vil version)]

Standard of Review (SOR)
Criminal - Appeal - Standard of Review (SOR)
Criminal - Sentencing - Standard of Review (SOR)

Other
Criminal - Appeals - Bail Pending (+)
Criminal - Appeals - Bail Review
Criminal - Appeals - New Trial
Criminal - Appeals - Change in Law
Criminal - Appeals - Practice
Criminal - Appeals - 'Special Commissioner' [CCC 683(1)(e)]
Criminal - Appeals - Fresh Law [LINKED from /review]
Criminal - Appeals - Bifurcation
Criminal - Appeals - Time Extension
Criminal - Appeals - Interlocutory
Criminal - Appeals - Supreme Court of Canada
Criminal - Appeals - Death of Appellant
Criminal - Appeals - Cross-Appeals
Criminal - Appeals - Costs

APPLICATIONS
Criminal - Corbett Applications (Admissibility of Criminal Records) [#EVIDENCE]
Criminal - Pollock Applications
Criminal - Summary Dismissal of Application
Criminal - Application - Re-Litigation
Criminal - Application - Relationship with Related Prosecution

ARRAIGNMENTS
Criminal - Arraignments

ARREST
Criminal - Arrests (Warrant and Warrantless)
Criminal - Warrantless Arrest (+)
Criminal - Justified Police Force [CCC 25(4)]
Criminal - Citizen's Arrest [CCC 494(2)]

ASSAULT
Criminal - Domestic Assault
Criminal - Aggravated Assault

ATTEMPT
Criminal - Attempt

BAIL
Criminal - Bail

BORDER CONTROL
Criminal - Border Control

BRIBERY
Criminal - Bribery (Domestic)
Criminal - Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA)

BREACH OF TRUST
Criminal - Breach of Trust by a Public Officer [CCC s.122]

CERTIORARI
Criminal - Certiorari (+)

CHRISTOPHER'S LAW
Criminal - Christopher's Law

CIVIL DECLARATIONS
Criminal - Civil Declarations

COMMON LAW
Criminal - Common Law

CONFESSIONS
Criminal - Confessions

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT
Criminal - Confidential Informant

CONSPIRACY
Criminal - Conspiracy

CONVEYANCING OFFENCES
Criminal - Conveyancing Offences

CORPORATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Criminal - Remediation Agreements

COUNTS
Criminal - Amending Counts
Criminal - Severance of Counts
Criminal - Joinder of Counts

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT, APPLICATION TO CRIMINAL
|||Application of Part VII of the CJA [Courts of Justice Act, s.95(2) (Ont)] [#COURTS]

CRIMINAL HARASSMENT
Criminal - Criminal Harassment

CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE
Criminal - Criminal Negligence

"CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS"
Criminal - "Criminal Organization" [s.467.1]

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS RULES
Criminal - Criminal Proceedings Rules (CPR)
Criminal Proceedings Rules for the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) [these Rules may not be up-to-date]

CROWN ATTORNEYS
Criminal - Crown Attorneys

DANGEROUS DRIVING
Criminal - Dangerous Driving (+)

DEFENCES
Criminal - Ignorance of the Law
Criminal - Automatism
Criminal - Defence of Necessity
Criminal - Kienapple Principle
Criminal - Defence - Duress
Criminal - Entrapment
Criminal - Officially-Induced Error
Criminal - Defence - 'Accident'
Criminal - Defence - 'Third-Party Protection'
Criminal - Mistake
Criminal - Self-Defence (+)
Criminal - Defence Need Not be Based on Evidence

DEFINITIONS
Criminal - 'Accident'
Criminal - 'Dwelling House'
Criminal - 'Every one, person and owner'
Criminal - 'Violence'

DETENTION
Criminal - Detention

DIRECT INDICTMENT
Criminal - Direct Indictment

DISCLOSURE
Criminal - Disclosure (+)

DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Criminal - Disorderly Conduct

DNA IDENTIFICATION ACT
Criminal - DNA Identification Act

DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Criminal - Double Jeopardy

DRUGS
Criminal - Drugs - Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
Criminal - Drugs - Importation

ELECTIONS
Criminal - Elections

ESTOPPEL
Criminal - Estoppel

EXECUTIVE LEGAL OFFICER (ELO)
Criminal - Executive Legal Officer (ELO)

EXTRADITION
Criminal - Extradition
Criminal - Extradition - Bail
Criminal - Extradition - Charter

FIREARMS
Criminal - Firearms (+)

FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL
Criminal - Fitness to Stand Trial (+)

FRAUD
Criminal - Fraud

FUNCTUS OFFICIO
Criminal - Functus Officio

GAMBLING
Criminal - Gambling

GUILTY PLEAS
Criminal - Guilty Pleas (+)

HATRED
Criminal - Hatred

HISTORICAL PROCEEDINGS
Criminal - Historical Proceedings

HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Criminal - Human Trafficking
Criminal - Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking Act, 2017 (Ont) (PRHTA)

IMPAIRED DRIVING
Criminal - Impaired Driving (+)

INCHOATE
Criminal - Inchoate Offences (+)

INCLUDED OFFENCES
Criminal - Included Offences (+)

INDICTMENT
Criminal - Indictment

INDIGENOUS
Criminal - Gladue (Indigenous Defendant) (+)

INTERCEPTION OF PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS
Criminal - Interception of Private Communications

INTEREST RATES
Interest - Criminal

INTERVENTION
Criminal - Intervention

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Criminal - Intimate Partner Violence

INTIMIDATION
Criminal - Intimidation

JUDGE-ONLY TRIAL
Criminal - Judge-Only Trial

JURIES

General
Criminal - Juries
Criminal - Jurors

Jury Charges
Criminal - Jury Charge (+)
Criminal - Jury Charge - W.D.
Criminal - Jury Charge - 'Rolled-Up' Charge
Criminal - Jury Charge - Laboucan
Criminal - Jury - Mayuran Instructions
Criminal - Jury Charge - Limited Use Instruction
Criminal - Jury - Vetrovec Caution
Criminal - Jury Charge - Propensity Reasoning
Criminal - Jury Charge - Anti-bias
Criminal - Jury - Mid-trial Instructions

Principles [to sort]
Criminal - Jury - Cross-Count Propensity Reasoning
Criminal - Jury Selection
Criminal - Jury - Discharging a Juror
Criminal - Jury - Evidence Allowed into Jury Room
Criminal - Juries - Pre-Charge Conferences
Criminal - Juries - Closing Arguments
Criminal - Juries - Opening Address
Criminal - Juries - 'Automatic Publication Ban' [CCC 648]
Criminal - Jury - Questions From Jury
Criminal - Jury - 'Air of Reality' (+)
Criminal - Jury Inquiry
Criminal - Jury - Impartiality
Criminal - Jury - Bias
Criminal - Jury Secrecy
Criminal - Jury Roll
Criminal - Jury Aids
Criminal - Directing a Verdict

Appeals
Criminal - Jury Charge - Appeals

KIDNAPPING
Criminal - Kidnapping

LANGUAGE
Criminal - Language (+)

LIABILITY
Criminal - Liability

MANSLAUGHTER
Criminal - Manslaughter

MENS REA
Criminal - Mens Rea (+)
Criminal - Mens Rea - Wilful Blindness
Criminal - Mens Rea - Recklessness
Criminal - Mens Rea - Transferred Intent

MENTAL DISORDER
Criminal - Mental Disorder

MERCY, ROYAL PREROGATIVE OF
Criminal - Royal Prerogative of Mercy

MINISTERIAL REVIEWS
Criminal - Ministerial Reviews

MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
Criminal - Miscarriage of Justice

MISTRIALS
Criminal - Mistrial

MONEY LAUNDERING
Criminal - Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA)

MURDER
Criminal - Murder
Criminal - Murder - First Degree
Criminal - Murder - Provocation (+)
Criminal - Murder - Intoxication

MURDER, ATTEMPTED
Criminal - Attempted Murder

MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

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