Police Powers Final Exam Review Questions
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What is the strongest level or belief or certainty that a police officer can use to connect an
offender to an offence? Finds committing
A citizen may arrest a person whom they... ...find committing an indictable offence
What is the time limit for prosecuting indictable offences against known offenders? There
is no time limit
Who is responsible for classifying a dual procedure offence as either a summary conviction or an
indictable offence for the purpose of trial? Crown attorney
, Police Powers Final Exam Review Questions
With Complete Solutions
What's an "election" as it pertains to indictable offences? The choice an accused has
regarding the level of court where the trial will be conducted and, consequently, whether or not
there will be a jury
A trial for summary conviction offence will be held in which of the courts? Provincial
Court
The courts have determined that police do not have to be precise about the crime or criminal
activity they are detaining an individual for. In a circumstance where an individual, rather than
being stopped for questioning (and there being no grounds to detain), runs instead, the Ontario
Court of Appeal found that the "running" created the grounds to detain (short of arrest). This
landmark ruling for police in Ontario came from which case? R v. Nesbeth (2008)
With Complete Solutions
What is the strongest level or belief or certainty that a police officer can use to connect an
offender to an offence? Finds committing
A citizen may arrest a person whom they... ...find committing an indictable offence
What is the time limit for prosecuting indictable offences against known offenders? There
is no time limit
Who is responsible for classifying a dual procedure offence as either a summary conviction or an
indictable offence for the purpose of trial? Crown attorney
, Police Powers Final Exam Review Questions
With Complete Solutions
What's an "election" as it pertains to indictable offences? The choice an accused has
regarding the level of court where the trial will be conducted and, consequently, whether or not
there will be a jury
A trial for summary conviction offence will be held in which of the courts? Provincial
Court
The courts have determined that police do not have to be precise about the crime or criminal
activity they are detaining an individual for. In a circumstance where an individual, rather than
being stopped for questioning (and there being no grounds to detain), runs instead, the Ontario
Court of Appeal found that the "running" created the grounds to detain (short of arrest). This
landmark ruling for police in Ontario came from which case? R v. Nesbeth (2008)
