The Attorney General of Ontario has authority to order charges be withdrawmn.
A local Councillor has no such authority.
Any citizen has a right to ask a police officer a question of procedure.
The Crown Attorney has responsibility to decide if a charge should proceed to trial.
The police officer who witnessed the incident ,and only that officer, has the duty to lay the charge.
The Crown Attorney has responsibility to determine if the evidence supports the charge and is sufficient to obtain a verdict of guilt.
On any day of the week, courts are filled with cases. where the Crown Attorney has not opened the file to make a determination until the morning of the trial.
The trial proceeds with no determination the weight of evidence is sufficient.
If a lawyer is assigned chances are there's not much of an argument on either side.
The police officer is in the court awaiting the trial. If he is not on a regular shift, he is of course paid extra for court days.
If the trial does not proceed for any reason he will be in court on all future days until the trial is heard.
If he fails to show on a particular day, the charge will likely be dismissed.
And so the wheels of Justice turn and turn unless they fall off.
Monday, 15 December 2014
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11 comments:
Really?…Are there people still going on about your inquiry in regards to the stolen poppy box?
You are once again being too kind with the title of your entry blog.
At least the murder case in Newmarket has finally ended. It is incredible that the jury took 4 days of deliberations.
There is another horse in the race for the Hydro funds. Highland ratepayers are meeting tonight to elect their executive and there is not even an offer on the table yet.
York Region has a new Chair
He is not from Aurora or Newmarket
It seems munipalities across York Region used taxpayers monies to buy tables at Bill Fisch's lavish 125 a seat retirement gig
Anyone know what Aurora (read taxpayers) paid for?
20:11- who said there's no offer on the table? That part has already come and gone. Money my have not switched hands yet, but that deal is done.
20:44-Aurora or Newmarket? And what kind of influence does our 1 representative and Newmarkets 2 reps. have on the region?
21:26
We probably bought a table. I heard the food wasn't so good.
23:35
I believe you are speculating. Developers are not jumping over themselves with anticipation,
21:26
Aurora had people there.
With all this transparency talk, you could probably match up the photos & ask if they paid for their seats.
Me, I can't be bothered.
@933
I bet you got your knickers in a knot over Bev Oda's 13 bottle of Orange juice in London England though
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