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The accused person does not have an election and must be tried by a judge of the provincial court without a jury. [3] 3. For all other indictable offences, the accused person can elect whether to be tried by: A provincial court judge; A judge of the superior trial court of the province without a jury or; A judge of the superior court with a jury
A misdemeanor (American English, [1] spelled misdemeanour elsewhere) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems. Misdemeanors are generally punished less severely than more serious felonies , but theoretically more so than administrative infractions (also known as minor, petty, or summary offences ) and regulatory offences .
In some countries, a juvenile court is a court of special jurisdiction charged with adjudicating cases involving crimes committed by those who have not yet reached a specific age. If convicted in a juvenile court, the offender is found "responsible" for their actions as opposed to "guilty" of a criminal offense.
The expression "offence against the person" is used as a term of art in section 3 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo.6 & 1 Eliz.2 c.67) and is defined for that purpose by paragraphs 1 (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) and 2 (Scotland) of the Schedule to that Act.
In criminal law, mens rea (/ ˈ m ɛ n z ˈ r eɪ ə /; Law Latin for "guilty mind" [1]) is the mental state of a defendant who is accused of committing a crime. In common law jurisdictions, most crimes require proof both of mens rea and actus reus ("guilty act") before the defendant can be found guilty.
An act which, directly or indirectly, is the legal cause of a harmful contact with another's person makes the actor liable to the other, if: (a) the act is done with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact or an apprehension thereof to the other or a third person, and
The legal drinking age in the U.S. was established at 21 years old with the 1984 National Minimum Age Drinking Act. ... law defines providing alcohol to a minor as a class B person misdemeanor ...
*ORS 137.712 may authorize the court to impose a sentence of less than the M11 minimum ** 300-month minimum applies only to adult defendants for crimes committed on/after 4/24/06 The measure applies to all defendants aged 15 and over, requiring juveniles 15 and over charged with these crimes to be tried as adults.