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| Patrick Ducharme |
The Justice may apparently grant or refuse permission to the prosecutor or counsel to address the court in support of the charge, by way of opening or summing up or by way of reply. The case law, however, suggests strongly that both counsel should be afforded an opportunity to make submissions.
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