CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL HEARINGS Flashcards
Under the magistrates court directions for trial for a summary case, within how many days of the order must the prosecution serve their bad character evidence?
Within 28 days
Under the magistrates court directions for trial for a summary case, within how many days of receiving the prosecutions evidence, must the defence notify the the prosecution which prosecution witnesses are required at attend trial?
Within 7 days.
Under the magistrates court directions for trial of a summary offence, within how many days does the defence gave to serve its defence statement?
Within 14 days
Within how many days is a case sent from the magistrates court typically heard by the crown court?
Usually within 28 days
What is a Goodyear indication?
It is an indication of sentence that a defendant may request prior to entering their plea.
In trail at the crown court, within how many days does the prosecution have to complete disclosure?
50 days.
70 days if the defendant is on bail.
What is the prosecution under a duty to disclose?
All evidence on which it intends to reply at trial.
AND any information which may undermine its case/aid the prosecutions case.
Within how may days of the prosecution providing disclosure must the defence serve their case statement?
within 28 days
