CRIMINAL LITIGATION,
EVIDENCE & SENTENCING
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SYLLABU
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Table of Contents
1. Overview of Criminal Procedure
2. Preliminaries to Prosecution
3. Bail & Remands
4. Procedure in the magistrates’ courts, the allocation for trial, and sending to the
Crown Court for trial or sentence.
5. Disclosure of unused material & defence statements.
6. Indictments
7. Preliminaries to Trial in Crown Court
8. Summary Trial Procedure
9. Jury Trial Procedure
10. Preliminary evidential matters.
11. Burden & Standard of Proof
12. Preliminary issues relating to Witnesses.
13. Rules Relating to the Examination of a Witness
14. Hearsay Evidence
15. Character Evidence
16. Confessions and unlawfully or unfairly obtained evidence.
,17. Inferences from Defendants’ Silence & Their Conduct
18. Visual Identification evidence
19. Opinion Evidence & Experts
20. Privilege
21. Youth courts and the appearance of youths in other courts.
22. Sentencing Principles.
23. Non-custodial Sentences.
24. Custodial Sentences.
25. Ancillary Orders & Costs on Convictions.
26. The Dangerous Offender Principle
27. Appeals from Magistrates Court & Crown Court in Appellate Capacity.
28. Appeals From the Crown court ‘
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EVIDENCE & SENTENCING
________________________________
SYLLABU
______________________________
Table of Contents
1. Overview of Criminal Procedure
2. Preliminaries to Prosecution
3. Bail & Remands
4. Procedure in the magistrates’ courts, the allocation for trial, and sending to the
Crown Court for trial or sentence.
5. Disclosure of unused material & defence statements.
6. Indictments
7. Preliminaries to Trial in Crown Court
8. Summary Trial Procedure
9. Jury Trial Procedure
10. Preliminary evidential matters.
11. Burden & Standard of Proof
12. Preliminary issues relating to Witnesses.
13. Rules Relating to the Examination of a Witness
14. Hearsay Evidence
15. Character Evidence
16. Confessions and unlawfully or unfairly obtained evidence.
,17. Inferences from Defendants’ Silence & Their Conduct
18. Visual Identification evidence
19. Opinion Evidence & Experts
20. Privilege
21. Youth courts and the appearance of youths in other courts.
22. Sentencing Principles.
23. Non-custodial Sentences.
24. Custodial Sentences.
25. Ancillary Orders & Costs on Convictions.
26. The Dangerous Offender Principle
27. Appeals from Magistrates Court & Crown Court in Appellate Capacity.
28. Appeals From the Crown court ‘
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