Review Sheet – Unit 3 – Criminal Law Before the Trial
This review sheet is a resource, one of many, that a student may use throughout the unit and in preparation
for a culminating evaluation - test. The terms listed do not necessarily include every term, point or phrase
studied during the unit. Nor will every term be incorporated into a unit test or end of semester examination.
- search; with/without a warrant
- Habeas Corpus
- arrest; with/without a warrant
- lay an information
- rights of an arrested person
- appearance notice
- hybrid offence
- Justice of the Peace
- beyond a reasonable doubt
- a criminal record
- quasi-criminal offences
- actus reus
- omission
- circumstances
- specific intent
- knowledge
- social order
- attempts
- intent in common
- counselling
- conspiracy
- defendant
- defendant’s right to council
- illegal evidence
- types of offences
- “evidence which will bring the
administration of justice into disrepute.”
- fingerprints and photographs
- polygraph
- duty to assist a police officer
- voir dire
- quashed
- reverse onus
- bench warrant
- summons
- procedure for making an arrest
- summary conviction offence
- indictable offence
- change of venue
- “convicted”
- Criminal Code
- jurisdiction
- mens rea
- consequences
- general intent
- recklessness
- strict liability
- due diligence
- principle actor
- aiding and abetting
- accessory after the fact
- reasonable and probable grounds
- Rex or Regina
- standard police “silence” warning
- parties to a crime
- basic elements of a crime
- the public interest
- procuring
- identification lineup
- quasi criminal code
- change of venue
- full disclosure