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| Patrick Ducharme |
Although Crown counsel is to perform her duties without regard to winning or losing a criminal case, that does not mean that she is prevented from examining, cross-examining, making legal arguments, presenting written legal arguments with vigour and thoroughness. Our Supreme Court of Canada has acknowledged that thorough, vigourous prosecutions are an important and valuable aspect of the criminal trial process.1 In doing so, however, the prosecutor must always maintain her duty to be fair and to maintain public confidence in prosecutorial fairness.
The above is the an excerpt of Patrick J Ducharme's book, Canadian Criminal Procedure Volume 2, available at Amazon or in bulk through MedicaLegal Publishing along with Criminal Trial Strategies.
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