,TLI4801 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2025 (642721) - DUE 17 September
2025; 100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted
solutions and explanations.
Answer the following questions using proper references in
footnotes. Your entire assignment answer (questions 1 (a)-(c))
must not exceed 15 pages. 1. You are an attorney appearing for
Maks Diesel who is charged in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court
with the offence of assault with the intention to do grievous
bodily harm. Your instructions from your client are that he
wants to plead not guilty to the charge. (a) Draft his statement
that will make up his plea. You must include all headings and
conclusions. Make use of your own facts and any information
you may deem necessary for the statement to be accepted by
the court. (15) (b) Critically discuss the type of information you
should avoid when drafting Mr. Diesel’s plea explanation. (5) (c)
Suppose Mr. Diesel applies to be released on bail. Please advise
your client as to the relevant factors that the presiding officer
will consider when entertaining the request for release on bail
and, if so, the conditions that may be attached as well. You must
refer to relevant case law in your answer. (5) 3. Discuss why it is
necessary for the lawyer to ascertain any statements or
admissions which an accused might have made to the police
upon arrest. (2) 4. The lawyer is required to “prepare” defence
, witnesses for a forthcoming trial. Discuss some of the most
important aspects of the process which the lawyer must
familiarise the witnesses with. (3)
1. MAKS DIESEL – CRIMINAL MATTER BEFORE THE PRETORIA
MAGISTRATES’ COURT
1(a) Plea Explanation Statement
IN THE MAGISTRATES’ COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF TSHWANE,
HELD AT PRETORIA
Case Number: 122/2025
In the matter between:
THE STATE
Prosecution
and
MAKS DIESEL
Accused
STATEMENT IN TERMS OF SECTION 115 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE ACT 51 OF 1977
(Accused's Plea Explanation)
Semester 2 2025 (642721) - DUE 17 September
2025; 100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted
solutions and explanations.
Answer the following questions using proper references in
footnotes. Your entire assignment answer (questions 1 (a)-(c))
must not exceed 15 pages. 1. You are an attorney appearing for
Maks Diesel who is charged in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court
with the offence of assault with the intention to do grievous
bodily harm. Your instructions from your client are that he
wants to plead not guilty to the charge. (a) Draft his statement
that will make up his plea. You must include all headings and
conclusions. Make use of your own facts and any information
you may deem necessary for the statement to be accepted by
the court. (15) (b) Critically discuss the type of information you
should avoid when drafting Mr. Diesel’s plea explanation. (5) (c)
Suppose Mr. Diesel applies to be released on bail. Please advise
your client as to the relevant factors that the presiding officer
will consider when entertaining the request for release on bail
and, if so, the conditions that may be attached as well. You must
refer to relevant case law in your answer. (5) 3. Discuss why it is
necessary for the lawyer to ascertain any statements or
admissions which an accused might have made to the police
upon arrest. (2) 4. The lawyer is required to “prepare” defence
, witnesses for a forthcoming trial. Discuss some of the most
important aspects of the process which the lawyer must
familiarise the witnesses with. (3)
1. MAKS DIESEL – CRIMINAL MATTER BEFORE THE PRETORIA
MAGISTRATES’ COURT
1(a) Plea Explanation Statement
IN THE MAGISTRATES’ COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF TSHWANE,
HELD AT PRETORIA
Case Number: 122/2025
In the matter between:
THE STATE
Prosecution
and
MAKS DIESEL
Accused
STATEMENT IN TERMS OF SECTION 115 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE ACT 51 OF 1977
(Accused's Plea Explanation)
