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Criminal - Subjects Table of Contents (B)

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NATURE OF CRIMINAL LAW
Criminal - Nature of Criminal Law


NECESSARIES OF LIFE, FAILURE TO PROVIDE
Criminal - Necessaries of Life, Failure to Provide


NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE (NCR)
Criminal - NCR - General (+)
Criminal - NCR - Test [CCC s.16(1)]
Criminal - Ontario Review Board
Criminal - NCR (Bharwani)
Criminal - NCR - High-Risk Accused (HRA) (+)
Criminal - NCR - Treatment
Criminal - NCR - 'Restriction of Liberty'
Criminal - NCR - 'Significant Threat to the Safety of the Public'
Criminal - NCR - Reasons
Criminal - NCR - Mootness
Criminal - NCR - Gladue (Indigenous)
Criminal - NCR - Detention
Criminal - NCR - Application
Criminal - NCR - Qualified Practitioners
Criminal - NCR - Evidence
Criminal - NCR - Conditional Discharge

Criminal - NCR - Practice

Criminal - NCR - Appeals


NON-DISCLOSURE ORDERS
Criminal - Non-Disclosure Orders


ONTARIO COURT OF JUSTICE
|||Jurisdiction of Ontario Court of Justice [Courts of Justice Act, s.38 (Ont)] [#COURTS]


OPEN COURT
See the Open Court topic [LINKED from /Open-Court]


ORDERS, DISOBEYING
Orders, Disobeying


"ORDINARY PERSON"
Criminal - "Ordinary Person"


PARDONS
Criminal - Pardons


PARTIES
Criminal - Parties - Joint Enterprise
Criminal - Parties - Common Intention


PEACE BONDS
Criminal - Peace Bonds


POSSESSION
Criminal - Constructive Possession


PRACTICE
Criminal - Practice


PRELIMINARY INQUIRY
Criminal - Preliminary Inquiry (+)


PRE-TRIAL SCREENING
Criminal - Pre-trial Screening


PRIVATE PROSECUTION
See the separate topic Private Prosecution, which includes 'Prosecutorial Discretion'.


PROPERTY FORFEITURE
Criminal - Property Forfeiture (+)


REASONABLE DOUBT
Criminal - Reasonable Doubt (+)


REASONABLE SUSPICION STANDARD
Criminal - 'Reasonable Suspicion Standard'


REASONS FOR DECISION
Review - Grounds [this link is useful for identifying recognized 'reasons for decision' errors]
Criminal - Reasons for Decision (+)


RE-OPENING
Re-opening [LINKED from /review]


REPRESENTATION
Criminal - Court-Appointed Representation


RE-TRIALS
Criminal - Re-trials


ROBBERY
Criminal - Robbery


RULES

General
|||Criminal Rules Committee [Courts of Justice Act, s.69 (Ont)] [#COURTS]
|||Criminal rules [Courts of Justice Act, s.70 (Ont)] [#COURTS]

Ontario Court of Justice
Criminal Rules of the Ontario Court of Justice

Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Ontario Superior Court of Justice - Criminal Proceeding Rules

Ontario Court of Appeal
Criminal - Court of Appeal Criminal Rule Cases
Ontario Court of Appeal - Criminal Appeal Rules


SEARCHES
Criminal - Search Warrants (+)
Criminal - Warrantless Searches
Criminal - Safety Searches
Criminal - Wiretap (+)
Criminal - DNA Testing
Criminal - Search Incident to Arrest
Criminal - Search of Solicitor's Files [CCC 488.1]
Criminal - Strip Searches


SENTENCING

Sentencing Principles
Criminal - Sentencing - General Principles (+)
Criminal - Sentencing - 'Totality Principle'
Criminal - Sentencing - 'Jump Principle'
Criminal - Sentencing - Proportionality
Criminal - Sentencing - Concurrent-Consecutive
Criminal - Sentencing - Parity
Criminal - Sentencing - Changing Penalties and Attitudes
Criminal - Sentencing 'Range'
Criminal - Sentencing - Evidence
Criminal - Sentencing - 'Demonstrably Unfit'
Criminal - Sentencing - Moral Blameworthiness

Sentencing Factors
Criminal - Sentencing - CCC s.718 Factors
Criminal - Sentencing - Immigration Consequences
Criminal - Sentencing - Collateral Consequences
Criminal - Sentencing - Criminal Record
Criminal - Sentencing - 'True Crime'
Criminal - Sentencing - Guilty Pleas
Criminal - Sentencing - Deterrence
Criminal - Sentencing - Remorse
Criminal - Sentencing - Subsequent Convictions
Criminal - Sentencing - Victim Impact Statement (VIS)
Criminal - Sentencing - Rehabilitation
Criminal - Sentencing - Mental Illness
Criminal - Sentencing - Disability
Criminal - Sentencing - Social Context
Criminal - Sentencing - Physical Handicap
Criminal - Sentencing - Restraint
Criminal - Sentencing - 'Other Offences' [CCC s.725]
Criminal - Sentencing - Public Policy
Criminal - Sentencing - Age
Criminal - Sentencing - Family Consequences
Criminal - Sentencing - Public Protection
Criminal - Sentencing - Good Character
Criminal - Sentencing - 'Institutional Hardship'

Specific Offences/Situations
Criminal - Sentencing - Attempted Murder
Criminal - Sentencing - Dangerous Offender (+)
Criminal - Sentencing - Sex Offenders (+)
Criminal - Sentencing - Sex Offenders - Child (+)
Criminal - Sentencing - Prohibition Orders (Sex Offences) [CCC 161]
Criminal - Sentencing - Youths (YCJA) (+)
Criminal - Sentencing - Firearms
Criminal - Sentencing - Murder
Criminal - Sentencing - Fraud
Criminal - Sentencing - Manslaughter
Criminal - Sentencing - Carjacking
Criminal - Sentencing - Theft
Criminal - Sentencing - Dangerous Driving
Criminal - Sentencing - Robbery

Sentencing at a Jury Trial
Criminal - Sentencing - Jury Trial

Forfeiture of Property
Criminal - Sentencing - Forfeiture of Property

Other
Criminal - Sentencing - Appeals
Criminal - Sentencing - COVID
Criminal - Sentencing - Pre-Sentence Report
Criminal - Sentencing - Credits (+)
Criminal - Sentencing - Mandatory Minimum
Criminal - Sentencing - Joint Submissions
Criminal - Sentencing - Parole Eligibility
Criminal - Sentencing - Victim Surcharge
Criminal - Sentencing - Conditional Sentencing
Criminal - Sentencing - Where Substituted Conviction
Criminal - Sentencing - Absconding
Criminal - Sentencing - Gardiner Hearing
Criminal - Sentencing - Probation
Criminal - Sentencing - 'Sentencing Ranges'
Criminal - Sentencing - Judge Exceeding Crown
Criminal - Sentencing - Remedy
Criminal - Sentencing - Peace Officer Defendant
Criminal - Sentencing - Restitution Orders
Criminal - Sentencing - Long-Term Supervision Order (LTSO)
Criminal - Sentencing - 'Faint Hope' [CCC 745.6]


SEVERANCE
Criminal - Severance Between Defendants
[see also COUNTS, for 'Severance of Counts']


SEX OFFENCES
Criminal - Sexual Offences - General
Criminal - Sexual Assault (+)
Criminal - Sexual Offences - Consent (+)
Criminal - Voyeurism
Criminal - Sexual Exploitation
Criminal - Child Luring (+)
Criminal - Sexual Interference
Criminal - Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA) (+)
Criminal - Child Pornography (+)
Criminal - Child Sex Arrangement
Criminal - Evidence of Sexual Activity (+)
Criminal - Sex Commodification
Criminal - Sex Offences - Committed Abroad
Criminal - Child Sex Offences (+)
Criminal - Sexual Offences - Disclosure
Criminal - Sexual Offences - Mens Rea
Criminal - Sexual Offences - Incest
Criminal - Sexual Offences - Evidence
Criminal - Child Prostitution


SEX TRADE

Criminal - Sex Trade - General
Criminal - Sex Trade - Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA)

Criminal - Sex Trade - Purchasing [CCC 286.1]
Criminal - Sex Trade - Material Benefit [CCC 286.2]
Criminal - Sex Trade - Procuring [CCC 286.3]
Criminal - Sex Trade - Advertising [CCC 286.4]
Criminal - Sex Trade - Immunity [CCC 286.5]


SILENCE, RIGHT TO
Criminal - Right to Silence (+)


STANDARD OF PROOF
Criminal - Standard of Proof


STATUTORY BREACH
Criminal - Statutory Breach


STAYS
Criminal - Stays (+)


SUICIDE
Criminal - Suicides


SUMMARY DISMISSAL
Criminal - Summary Dismissal


THIRD-PARTY SUSPECTS
Criminal - Third-Party Suspects


TIMING OF CHARGED EVENTS
Criminal - Timing of Charged Events


TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
Criminal - Trafficking in Persons


THREATENING
Criminal - Threatening


TRIALS
Review - Grounds [this link is useful for identifying recognized procedural trial/hearing errors]
Criminal - Trial - General
Criminal - Trial Management
Criminal - Trial - Crown Reply
Criminal - Joint Trials
Criminal - Trial - Mandatory Attendence by Defendant
Criminal - Trial - Complex
Criminal - Trial - Virtual
Criminal - Trial Record


UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT
Criminal - Unlawful Confinement


VICARIOUS LIABILITY
Criminal - Vicarious Liability


VOLUNTARINESS
Criminal - Voluntariness (+)


WOUNDING
Criminal - Wounding


YOUTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (YCJA)
Criminal - Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) (+)

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