Summary Conviction
Legal Studies 3080
Summary Conviction
As the expression
summary
conviction suggests, offences that fall into this category are
treated summarily, in other words, in a relatively uncomplicated way. If
you are accused of having committed a summary conviction offence, you
will not have any formal pre-trial procedures; your lawyer will simply
interview any Crown witnesses and probably speak with the Crown
prosecutor before the trial.
Then, if you are an adult, you will be tried by a judge in the
Provincial court, Criminal Division. Basically, the steps you will go
through before the trial will look like those in the following diagram.
You will take two routes to your trial, depending on whether a summons
or an appearance notice has been issued.'
