Frsc 2110 final exam review Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Summary Conviction Offence - Correct Answers ✅-statute of limitations = 6 months
- category of minor crimes
- considered indictable for the purpose of arrest and release
Dual procedure offences - Correct Answers ✅- when the crown attorney has the power of proceeding by way of indictment or summary conviction
- aka: Hybrid offences
Indictable offences - Correct Answers ✅- serious criminal offences
- no statute of limitations
- ex. murder or robbery
- officer does not have to find committing for reasonable
grounds to exist
R v. Silveira - Correct Answers ✅Offense: trafficking
narcotics
Issue: preservation of evidence while awaiting a search
warrant
Basics: undercover cop purchasing cocaine, 6 officers sent to
accused's house to preserve the narcotics while awaiting a 1 / 3
Frsc 2110 final exam review Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) search warrant. Arrived with guns drawn while accused's family was present and confined the occupants to interior of
house, only searching for weapons. detained family for 1:15
hours, officer who had obtained warrant failed to disclose Information to Obtain that officers were already present at house to preserve evidence.
Outcome: S.C.C upheld conviction, ruled warrantless entry
was unauthorized search, narcotics were not excluded as evidence, warrantless search for weapons was justified for officer's safety as well as their display of firearms
- officers are not permitted to control occupants during
search especially narcotics searches by confounding them when evidence is at risk
R v. Clement - Correct Answers ✅offense: robbery
issue: consent
basics: 4 armed robberies had recently occurred with
offenders wearing halloween masks, police pulled over a car on a tip about drugs, could not conduct lawful search without warrant but driver complied to a search multiple times and was aware that they were not required to give this consent.Handgun was seized under the drivers seat, both people arrested on weapons charge and invoked right to counsel, hen signed written consent for a second search of car where 2 / 3
Frsc 2110 final exam review Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) halloween mask was discovered and they were then charged with robbery.
Outcome: evidence for consent was included and proved that
accused was aware consent was not required from his testimony. defence tried to exclude gun and mask due to s.8,9,10 violations but accused was convicted. Appeal was dismissed as consent had been valid. Appealed again to Supreme Court, dismissed and said no violation occurred as valid consent had been obtained. This shows the advantage that consent searches give police during investigation of serious offence.what 4 decisions must an officer make after arresting/detaining an offender? - Correct Answers ✅- whether to release or continued detention
- how long to detain
- whether or not to compel to appear in court
- what document to serve to compel a court appearance
when can someone be released at the scene of arrest? - Correct Answers ✅on a dual/summary offence and if RICE has been fulfilled what is the difference between being arrested and being
charged - Correct Answers ✅Arrested: This means that you
were taken in to custody by the police. Once you are taken in
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