Review Flashcards
If your file has been sent back because you have been tasked with completing remedial work before case management discussions, what is the latest time that the file needs to be with the PPS office?
A. The morning of the case management discussion.
B. 1 week after you are tasked with the
C. The day the Case Management Memoradum is due to be file.
D. 5 working days before the case management discussion.
D. 5 working days before the case management discussion.
Define sentence indication.
Is a statement by the court indicating to the defendant what the court would be likely to impose as a sentence if a guilty plea is entered.
When can a sentence indication be given and who may request one?
A sentence indication may be given at any time before the trial, but only at the request of the defendant.
To give a sentence indication the court must have what 3 things?
An agreed summary of facts.
The previous conviction history of the defendant and a copy of the VIS.
Full disclosure must occur within 3 weeks of a not guilty plea being entered.
True or False.
True.
The case management discussion will take place regardless of whether full disclosure has occurred or not.
True or False.
False the discussion can only take place once full disclosure has been done.
Name the two situations where a prosecution file will be returned to the OC file.
- If significant urgent remedial action is required to make sure the file meets the SGPG before the case management discussion.
- After the case review hearing so you can prepare for trial.
If a prosecution file is returned to the OC for either preparation for trial or remedial action how many days must it be returned before the case management discussion?
A. 3 working days
B. 5 working days
C. 7 working days
B. 5 working days
The prosecutor must analyse the prosecution file within how many days after a not guilty plea has been entered?
A. 3 days.
B. 5 days.
C. 7 days.
A. 3 days.
Case management discussions record:
A. Any pre-trial hearings or applications.
B. Whether a hearing is required for judicial intervention.
C. Any application to be made to transfer courts.
D. Any intervention the prosecutor has to amend charges.
E. Whether disclosure has been complied with.
A,B, C, D and E.
At a case review hearing a file will be placed before a judge if the CMM identifies any of the following:
A. Changes to charges.
B. An application for bail is sought.
C. A sentence indication is sought.
D. An unresolved issue relating to disclosure.
E. Pre-trial admissibility hearing applications that need to be raised
F. Charges are identified as protocol offences.
A, B, C, D E and F.
The prosecutor who picked up a case for which you are the OC Case sends you a NIA Tas, requiring you to provide more information before the case management discussion takes place. Do you:
A. Gather the information requested, send the information back to PPS via CJSU so disclosure obligations can be undertaken and complete the NIA Task to indicate the work has been done.
B. Add the information to the physical file and return it to the police prosecution service.
C. Gather the information requested, complete the NIA task, and email the information directly to the prosecutor.
A. Gather the information requested, send the information back to PPS via CJSU so disclosure obligations can be undertaken and complete the NIA Task to indicate the work has been done.
