How Can Criminal Charges Be Fought and Won?

There Are Many Legal Strategies For Fighting Against a Criminal Charge. Strategies May Include Diminishing Credibility of Witnesses For the Prosecution and Thereby Raising a Reasonable Doubt, Among Other Means..


Criminal Charge Defence Services Involving Various Criminal Code of Canada Violations When a person is charged, and thereby accused of violating the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, such an experience will obviously cause great stress and concern in handling the legal process as well as worry for the possibility of penalties ranging from significant fines, the potential for jail time, and the future effects upon job opportunities, and much more.

The Criminal Law

The Criminal Code of Canada is a federally legislated statute that prescribes hundreds of sections that establish the criminality upon certain forms of behaviour. Prosecution of Criminal Code offences involve different sets of procedures that may apply depending on the seriousness of the alleged crime.  Offences viewed as the most severe, referred to as indictable offences, are prosecuted using procedures of a more formal nature. Offences viewed as less severe, referred to as summary offences, are prosecuted using procedures of a less formal nature that provides for a more streamlined overall process.  Additionally, some offences, known as hybrid offences, are selectable as either indictable proceedings or summary conviction proceedings at the option of the prosecutor acting for the Crown.

A lawyer may provide client representation for either an indictable or a summary conviction Criminal Code case.  A paralegal may provide client representation only for specific summary conviction Criminal Code cases or for certain hybrid offences if, and only after, the Crown prosecutor has chosen to prosecute the matter as a summary conviction proceeding case.

Defence Strategy

Selecting the defence strategy that is best suited to fight your criminal charge depends upon, among other things, the type of charge, the strength or weakness of the available evidence, and the strength or weakness of testimony from likely witnesses.  Of course, regardless of the type of charge, all defence strategies ultimately aim at impairing the ability of the prosecutor to prove all elements of the charge beyond a reasonable doubt.

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