Criminal Procedure Crossword

state that no person should be tried twice for the same offence
when a person is held in custody awaiting a trial, during a trail or awaiting sentence
a term given for the hearings that take place in the Magistrates' Court for indictable offences. one of the hearing is a committal hearing
a documents issued by a court directly a person to appear before the court
is when the accused is released from from custody after being charged on condition that they appear in court at a later date
at the .................. hearing the magistrate must determine whether there is evidence of sufficient weight to support a conviction
is a monetary penalty paid by the offender to court
A serious offence that can be heard before the judge or jury
the party who has been charged with a criminal offence
An act or omission that is against the law, harmful to an individual or society as a whole and punishable by law
a minor offence heard in the Magistrates' Court.
refers to disapproval of the court
a legal punishment given to a person who has been found guilty of an offence
the responsibility of proving who is in the wrong-this usually lies with the person who initiates the action
to degree or extent to which a case must be proven. this is beyond reasonable doubt for criminal crime, and on the balance of probabilities for civil case.
are those procedures that occur before a case get to the stage of a court trial. these include the police investigation of the crime, bail, remand and committal hearings
purpose is to punish the offender to an extent and a manner which id just in all of the circumstances
purpose is to protect the community from the offender by removing the offender from society
the questioning of a witness under oath during a trial or hearing, conducted by the opposing party to that which called the witness.