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The Melbourne Magistrates' Court.In Victoria, Australia, all summary offences are heard in the Magistrates' Court. A summary offence or petty offence is a violation in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, [1] [2] [3] without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment (required for an indictable offence).
In many common law jurisdictions (e.g. England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore), an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury (in contrast to a summary offence).
Summary conviction, convicting an accused without giving him the benefit of a jury trial and/or indictment. Summary court-martial, the lowest in the rank of courts-martial, conducted before one commissioned officer, limited in jurisdiction to offenses of a minor or petty nature of which enlisted men, not commissioned officers, stand accused.
It is the same justice system that has led to the indictment and ongoing trial of the current president’s son, and it is the same justice system that resulted in the indictment and conviction of ...
Trump was indicted on state charges in a March 2023 indictment in New York. He faced 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records in the first degree related to payments made to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. [19] [21] The trial began on April 15, 2024; Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts on May 30, 2024. [22]
The three other Trump criminal cases, a federal indictment and Georgia indictment related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and his illegal retention and hiding of classified ...
People of the State of New York v. Trump Court New York Supreme Court Full case name The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump Submitted March 30, 2023 Started April 15, 2024 Decided May 30, 2024 Verdict Guilty on all counts Charge First-degree falsifying business records (34 counts) Citation IND-71543-23 Court membership Judge sitting Juan Merchan This article is part of a series ...
Donald Trump’s election victory created a conundrum for the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York. Can he go ahead and sentence the president-elect, or would doing so potentially get in ...