Sentences with phrase «type of offence»

The different types of offence are classified 1, 2, 3 or 4.

While most States and Territories collect crime and prison data, this is limited to basic statistical information such as prison population, gender, types of offences committed and duration of sentence.

I do believe our def would have done better with someone who can get out of tight pinches like Cazorla could and still keep the ball, it stopped the wave after wave type of offence which gave our defenders a bit of time to gather themselves.

The site handles various types of offences where this would also be the expectation — driving, assaults, drugs, theft, drug / drink driving.

Types of Offences Section 2 (1) of the Identification of Criminals Act applies to persons charged with an indictable or hybrid offences.

In particular, a finding that the driver was not impaired by alcohol could obviously never be made in relation to a charge of impaired driving causing death but could properly be a mitigating consideration in sentencing for the other type of offence, as here.

With an entirely different type of offence and offender before it, the court can relax some of the attitudinal rigidity which may be necessary in courts dealing with criminal offences.

«Criminal Code offences would still be available to police, but we would look at options that would give police the ability, much like the treatment of open liquor, that would allow the police to ticket those type of offences.

«The shocking increase in alcohol fuelled violence raises very serious questions as to why the government has decided to stop keeping records on this type of offence,» Mr Foster said.

In this lesson students will explore the law in relation to social media posts, the types of offences that people are committing (whether knowingly or not), the types of punishments that have been given and the potential dangers involved in restricting what people post.

Firstly, you can plead guilty on the first appearance, unknown what the strength of the Crown's case is against you and accepting the consequences of pleading guilty to this type of offence (see detailed summary chart of the penalties).

Christian has had excellent success defending people charged with these types of offences, due in large part to the sheer number of trials he has run and the level of preparedness and diligence he brings to every case, particularly drinking and driving cases.

The types of offences have been expanded and more options have been provided for creative sentencing.

The Criminal Code creates three types of offences, ranging from most to least serious.

Sentencing courts must have in the forefront of their thinking that the sentences for this type of offence should focus on the reduction of crime, including its reduction by deterrence, and the protection of the public.

I believe I am not a risk to commit this type of offence in the future because: I can not afford to be caught again.

Juribot adds that by using this data it helps «to estimate which lawyer, at which court, for which type of offence, is most likely to achieve an acquittal».

In order to avoid a driving prohibition for these types of offences a lawyer must be able to either WIN their cases for the client at trial or alternatively (and preferably in most instances) convince the Crown Counsel to proceed with substitutional charges which do not carry minimum sentences (ie.

Though the mandatory minimum sentence has been struck down, Crown prosecutors will often oppose bail on the secondary and tertiary grounds (the grounds related to the safety of the public and the confidence in the administration of justice respectively) in cases with persons charged with these type of offences and the penalties of conviction are still severe.

We have successfully defended persons charged with every type of offence, including:

The government Green Paper has argued that the new offence was required to cover the criminal counselling of terrorism offences when counselling is not specific as regards the offence or type of offence.

I also handle road traffic cases, representing drivers facing prosecution for all types of offence, from speeding right up to causing death by careless or dangerous driving.

The Crown recognizes that not all types of offences need to be dealt with through guilty pleas or trials, and that sometimes helping out in the community can make up for harm caused by an offence.

This is not a «one - size - fits - all» type of offence.

These types of offences can range anywhere from shoplifting to prostitution to violent robberies, and everything in between.

«There is no criminal intent, but the threshold for this type of offence is very low — it's «wanton and reckless disregard.»

The appeal judge decided that the $ 250,000 fine against the company, and the jail terms, were «significantly out of the range of sentences regularly imposed by the courts for these types of offences and for these types of offenders».

Other federal statute offences are not included since these types of offences are not part of the Criminal Code, but are one of many federal statute offences which generally fall under the enforcement of a variety of federal agencies such as the Canada Revenue Agency or Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Traffic offences are not included in the calculation of the crime rate since charging practices for these types of offences differ, not only between police services, but also within police services and from one year to the next.

I am on record several times stating that if an Indigenous person commits these types of offences they should be dealt with by the criminal justice system just as any other person would be.