Procudural Flashcards

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Q

Name and discuss the scope of procedural rights protected in the criminal justice system by the BORA 1990

A

‘Scope’ opportunists or possibility to do or deal with something

1) right to be subject to unreasonable search or seizure
- was there a search or seizure
- was it reasonable

Scope
Must be for purpose of search and survalance
Must have consent -real reason to breathe

Remedies

  • deflation of rights (judicial review)
  • return sized items
  • sentence reduction

Search and detained
-informed -what they did - punishment
Timely manner
-consult lawyer

Double jeopardy

  • law made the day after can’t be charged
  • no one can be convicted for an offence of the exact same fact base
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Discuss how the breach of the procedural rights during the pre trial and the trial stages of a criminal case can negatively affect the trial and sentencing of an accused

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Double jeopardy

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Articulate why the protection of procedural rights is so important in the CJ system quest for justice

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Ensures no one is Faust convinced
Interrelated w other rights
State values contribution.

Everyone charged w a criminal offence

1) right to trial and jury
2) legal assistance
3) free assistance

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Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure whether of the person, property or correspondence or otherwise

Under what act

A

Search and surveillance act 2012

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Common activities that are searches under the search and surveillance act 2012 include

A

Entry into and inspection of buildings, enclosed spaces or vehicles

Physical examination of a person

Taking bodily samples

Internal examination of personal property

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6
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Definition of seizure

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The removing of something from the possession of someone else

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