Sentences with phrase «elects mode of trial»

Disclosure should occur before a defendant is called upon to elect the mode of trial or to plead.

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However, there is a category of hybrid offences where, even when the Crown elects to proceed by indictment, the accused will have no choice as to mode of trial, but must be tried by a Provincial Court judge.

For most indictable offences — including hybrid offences that the Crown chooses to treat as indictable — accused persons can «elect» or choose the mode of trial.