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Criminal and Traffic Offences

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This publication guides practitioners through criminal and traffic offences in the Magistrates Court of South Australia, intervention orders and Commonwealth offences.

5 Matter Plans

Overview

The Criminal and Traffic Offences commentaries cover all aspects of criminal matters, with an emphasis on criminal procedure and sentencing for summary and indictable offences in the Magistrates Court of South Australia. They cover the key stages from charging, to bail, a defended hearing or a plea of guilty, and sentencing. Practical guidance in preparing for court is included, with detailed commentary on analysing the charge and considering evidence.

The Intervention Order guide covers applying for an order, negotiating, varying and appeals.

The supplementary Commonwealth offences guide assists practitioners in advising and representing clients charged with offences under the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) and the Commonwealth Criminal Code. The commentary sets out the procedure for summary and indictable Commonwealth offences from bail considerations to sentencing. The possible sentencing options are covered in detail, and there is a very useful table of the Commonwealth offences most frequently encountered.

The Reference materials folder includes guidance on electronic signing and remote witnessing, and the Getting the matter underway folder contains essential compliance and client engagement documents. The comprehensive Retainer Instructions ensure that all necessary information is gathered from the client at the outset of the matter.

Also included is 101 Subpoena Answers, which is a useful reference guide.

Precedents in this publication include:

  • Library of initial letters to clients, covering a variety of offences and possible outcomes;
  • Letters to:
    • clients;
    • police;
    • the Crown;
    • third parties, including witnesses and experts;
  • Information sheets for clients explaining the court processes and what to do on the day of the hearing;
  • Attendance notes for every stage.
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5 Matter Plans Included

  • Item icon ALERTS - Nil
  • Item icon Full Commentary - Magistrates Court Criminal (SA)
  • Folder icon Reference materials
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    • Item icon Looking to the Future
    • Item icon Electronic Signing and Witnessing
    • Item icon 101 Subpoena Answers
    • Item icon 101 Costs Answers
    • Folder icon Papers and articles - Litigation
      • Item icon Improving written submissions - A paper by Judge Alan Troy
      • Item icon Plain language – A paper by the Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG
    • Item icon Calculating Penalty Units - All States and Territories
  • Item icon Overview
    Generally criminal charges, regardless of their seriousness, commence in the Magistrates Court. The exceptions are Youth Court matters and Environment, Resources, and Development Court matters. The Magistrates Court Act 1991, the Criminal Procedure Act 1921, the Joint Criminal Rules 2022, and the ...

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  • Folder icon A. Getting the matter underway
    • Item icon File cover sheet - Criminal
    • Item icon To do list - Criminal
    • Item icon First steps
    • Item icon Client details and verifying identity
    • Item icon Retainer instructions - Criminal
    • Item icon Conflict of interest check
    • Item icon Attendance note - Conflict of interest check - Conflict identified
    • Item icon Attendance note - Conflict of interest check - No conflict
    • Folder icon Library of initial letters to client
      • Folder icon Alcohol and driving offences
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 1 PCA 1st offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 1 PCA 2nd offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 1 PCA 3rd offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 1 PCA 4th or subsequent offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 2 PCA 1st offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 2 PCA 2nd offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 2 PCA 3rd offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 2 PCA 4th or subsequent offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 3 PCA 1st offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 3 PCA 2nd offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 3 PCA 3rd offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Category 3 PCA 4th or subsequent offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Drive whilst disqualified - First offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Drive whilst disqualified - Second offence
      • Folder icon Assault
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Assault aggravated offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Assault basic offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Assault causing harm basic offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Assault causing harm aggravated offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Assault causing harm aggravated by use of offensive weapon
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Assault aggravated by use of offensive weapon
      • Folder icon Prohibited drug offences
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Supply or administers or possession with intent - cannabis
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Possession of controlled drug other than cannabis
      • Folder icon Other offences
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Affray aggravated
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Affray
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Carrying graffiti implements
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Disorderly or offensive behaviour
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Marking graffiti basic offence
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Marking graffiti special locations
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Violent disorder
        • Item icon Initial letter to client - Theft (basic)
    • Item icon Costs agreement - SA
    • Item icon Time and costs estimates
    • Folder icon If required - Updating costs disclosure
      • Item icon Letter to client updating costs disclosure
      • Item icon Charge securing costs
      • Item icon Guarantee securing costs
      • Folder icon Costs disclosure before settlement in litigation matters
        • Item icon Letter to client - Costs disclosure before settlement - NSW, VIC, and WA
        • Item icon Letter to client - Costs disclosure before settlement - QLD, SA, TAS, ACT, and NT
    • Item icon Police station instructions and advice record
    • Item icon Attendance note - Attending client at police station
    • Item icon Letter to client on bail following attendance at police station
    • Item icon Letter to client refused bail following attendance at police station
    • Item icon Record of interview (ROI)
      If police, or any other kind of investigating officers, wish to conduct an interview with a suspect in relation to an indictable offence they must comply with s 74D of the Summary Offences Act 1953, which requires that an audio visual record of the interview be made if reasonably practical to ...

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    • Item icon Enclosure - Court reference information sheet
    • Folder icon General deeds, agreements, execution clauses, and statutory declarations
      • Item icon Deeds and Agreements
      • Folder icon Deeds
        • Item icon Deed for general use
        • Item icon Deed of guarantee
        • Item icon Deed of release
        • Item icon Confidentiality deed
        • Item icon General deed of indemnity
        • Item icon Deed of assignment of agreement
        • Item icon Deed of gift
        • Folder icon Library of standard clauses for deeds
          • Item icon Amendment
          • Item icon Confidentiality for defined information - All parties
          • Item icon Confidentiality for defined information - One party
          • Item icon Confidentiality for terms of deed - All parties
          • Item icon Confidentiality for terms of deed - One party
          • Item icon Costs
          • Item icon Counterparts
          • Item icon Dispute resolution
          • Item icon Events beyond control
          • Item icon Governing law and jurisdiction
          • Item icon Interpretation
          • Item icon No assignment
          • Item icon Notices
          • Item icon Severance
          • Item icon Waiver
          • Item icon Whole agreement
      • Folder icon Agreements
        • Item icon Agreement for general use
        • Item icon Heads of agreement
        • Item icon Non-disclosure agreement - Formal
        • Item icon Non-disclosure agreement - Informal
        • Folder icon Library of standard clauses for agreements
          • Item icon Amendment
          • Item icon Confidentiality for defined information - All parties
          • Item icon Confidentiality for defined information - One party
          • Item icon Confidentiality for terms of agreement - All parties
          • Item icon Confidentiality for terms of agreement - One party
          • Item icon Costs
          • Item icon Counterparts
          • Item icon Dispute resolution
          • Item icon Events beyond control
          • Item icon Governing law and jurisdiction
          • Item icon Interpretation
          • Item icon No assignment
          • Item icon Notices
          • Item icon Severance
          • Item icon Waiver
          • Item icon Whole agreement
      • Folder icon Execution clauses
        • Folder icon Library of execution clauses for agreements
          • Item icon Attorney
          • Item icon Authorised officer
          • Item icon Company
          • Item icon Company - Sole director
          • Item icon Individual
          • Item icon Individual - No witness
        • Folder icon Library of execution clauses for deeds
          • Item icon Attorney
          • Item icon Authorised officer
          • Item icon Company
          • Item icon Company - Sole director
          • Item icon Individual
      • Folder icon Statutory declarations
        • Item icon Commonwealth statutory declaration
        • Item icon Statutory declaration - blank - ACT
        • Item icon Statutory declaration - blank - NSW
        • Item icon Statutory declaration - blank - VIC
        • Item icon Statutory declaration - blank - QLD
        • Item icon Statutory declaration - blank - TAS
        • Item icon Statutory declaration - blank - SA
        • Item icon Statutory declaration - blank - WA
        • Item icon Statutory declaration - blank - NT
        • Item icon Standard annexure note for documents
  • Folder icon B. Bail
    • Item icon Bail Agreement (Adult)
    • Item icon Bail conditions and security requirements
      A bail authority can impose bail with or without conditions, other than the prescribed conditions. Any conditions the court imposes must be recorded in the bail agreement. Section 11 of the Bail Act 1985 provides that certain conditions are part of every bail agreement, being:

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    • Item icon Retainer instructions - Bail application
    • Item icon Client details and verifying identity
    • Item icon Letter brief to counsel for bail application
    • Item icon Letter to guarantor for bail
    • Item icon Letter to client in prison regarding date for bail application
    • Item icon Originating Application - Bail - Application
    • Item icon Originating Application - Bail - Vary or Revoke Bail
    • Item icon Originating Application - Bail - Vary or Revoke Guarantee of Bail
    • Item icon Interlocutory Application for Bail
    • Item icon Interlocutory Application for Review of Bail by Telephone
    • Item icon Interlocutory Application to Vary or Revoke Bail Agreement
    • Item icon Interlocutory Application to Vary or Revoke Guarantee of Bail
    • Item icon Letter to court enclosing bail application
    • Item icon Letter to prosecution enclosing bail application
    • Item icon Letter to client after successful bail application
    • Item icon Letter to client in prison after unsuccessful bail application
    • Item icon Making a second or subsequent application for bail
      There is no restriction on how many times a person can apply for bail. In practice, however, unless the client's circumstances have changed, it is unlikely that a second or subsequent bail application will succeed. Multiple applications without any change of circumstances can be an abuse of process.

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    • Item icon Application for Review of Bail by Magistrate
  • Folder icon C. Preparations for court
    • Item icon Notice of Acting
    • Item icon Notice of Change of Address for Service
    • Item icon Attendance note - Taking full instructions
    • Item icon Proof of evidence
    • Item icon Attendance note - Preparation of proof
    • Item icon Letter to client sending proof of evidence
    • Item icon Attendance note - Considering amended proof of evidence
    • Item icon Letter to client requesting evidence
    • Item icon Letter to potential alibi witness
    • Item icon Letter to potential witness
    • Item icon Attendance note - Conference with defence witness
    • Item icon Letter to Crown re plea to lesser charge
    • Item icon Letter to Crown re withdrawal of charge
    • Item icon Letter to Crown re pleading to amended facts
    • Item icon Letter to court requesting interpreter
    • Item icon Written instructions to plead guilty
  • Folder icon D. Going to court
    • Item icon Appearances
      Section 18 of the Magistrates Court Act 1935 provides that, except where an Act or the rules otherwise provide, the court’s proceedings must be open to the public. Rule 38.6 of the Joint Criminal Rules 2022 confirms that hearings, except pre-trial conferences, are ordinarily open to the ...

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    • Item icon Attendance note - Brief to counsel
    • Item icon Brief to counsel - Criminal
    • Item icon Example content - Brief to counsel - Criminal
    • Item icon Letter to counsel enclosing brief
    • Item icon Attendance note - Advice on plea
    • Item icon Court attendance sheet
    • Item icon Attendance note - Court appearance
    • Item icon Letter to client advising court date
    • Item icon Request to have matter called on for guilty plea
    • Item icon Affidavit
    • Item icon Application to Registrar
    • Item icon Consent to order
    • Item icon Exhibit front sheet
    • Item icon Interlocutory application
    • Item icon Interlocutory application for disclosure of operative's identity
    • Item icon Interlocutory application for hearing by audio or audiovisual link
    • Item icon Interlocutory application for pre-trial special hearing
    • Item icon Summons to Attend and to Produce Documents (Magistrates, Youth and ERD Courts)
    • Item icon Summons to Attend to Give Evidence (Magistrates, Youth and ERD Courts)
    • Item icon Summons to Produce Documents (Magistrates, Youth and ERD Courts)
    • Item icon Attendance note - Reviewing additional prosecution material
    • Item icon Letter to client enclosing prosecution evidence and make appointment for instructions
    • Item icon Letter to client informing of hearing date
    • Item icon Attendance note - Preparation of witness statement
    • Item icon Letter to witness enclosing statement
    • Item icon Letter to counsel enclosing defence witness statements
    • Item icon Letter to witness with arrangements for attendance at hearing
    • Item icon Attendance note - Considering client's previous convictions
    • Item icon Attendance note - Considering custody record
    • Item icon Attendance note - Considering prosecution evidence
    • Item icon Attendance note - Viewing CCTV footage with client
    • Item icon Attendance note - Viewing CCTV footage without client
    • Item icon Attendance note - Viewing client's police interview
    • Item icon Letter to police requesting items not served
    • Item icon Letter to client who failed to attend court - Matter adjourned
    • Item icon Letter to client who failed to attend court - Warrant issued
    • Item icon Written instructions to plead guilty
    • Folder icon If required - Library of Joint Criminal Rules forms
      • Folder icon Origination
        • Item icon Notice to Defendant - Commonwealth Indictable Offence
        • Item icon Notice to Defendant - Major Indictable Offence
        • Item icon Notice to Defendant - Minor Indictable Offence
        • Item icon Notice to Defendant - Summary Offence
        • Item icon Notice to Defendant - Summary Offence not Punishable by Imprisonment
        • Item icon Notice to Youth - Indictable Offence
        • Item icon Notice to Youth - Summary Offence
        • Item icon Notice to Youth - Summary Offence not Punishable by Detention
        • Item icon Summary of Allegations
      • Folder icon Service, appearance and representation
        • Item icon Attempted Service Report
        • Item icon Affidavit of Proof of Service
        • Item icon Certificate of Legal Representation
        • Item icon Assurance that Defendant does not Want Legal Representation
        • Item icon Certificate of Proof of Service
        • Item icon Notice of Acting
        • Item icon Notice of Change of Address for Service
      • Folder icon Remand and bail
        • Item icon Application for Review of Bail by Magistrate
        • Item icon Bail Agreement (Adult)
        • Item icon Bail Agreement (Youth)
        • Item icon Bail Agreement Variation (Adult)
        • Item icon Bail Agreement Variation (Youth)
        • Item icon Direction to Surrender Firearms and Ammunition
        • Item icon Guarantee of Bail
        • Item icon Interlocutory Application for Bail
        • Item icon Interlocutory Application for Review of Bail by Telephone
        • Item icon Interlocutory Application to Vary or Revoke Bail Agreement
        • Item icon Interlocutory Application to Vary or Revoke Guarantee of Bail
        • Item icon Order - Interim Intervention Order
        • Item icon Order of Remand or Mandate
        • Item icon Prosecution Response to Bail Application
        • Item icon Report Request Form - Bail Enquiry (Home Detention) Report
        • Item icon Report Request Form - Generic Report
        • Item icon Summons for Contempt or Breach of Condition
        • Item icon Warrant of Apprehension - Contempt or Breach of Condition
        • Item icon Warrant of Apprehension of Defendant
        • Item icon Warrant of Remand or Mandate
      • Folder icon Guilty pleas
        • Item icon Information for arraignment on committal for sentence
        • Item icon Request to have matter called on for guilty plea
        • Item icon Written guilty plea to summary offence
      • Folder icon Election or order about court or forum
        • Item icon Application for Youth to be dealt with as an adult
        • Item icon Consent to sentencing for major indictable offence in Magistrates Court
        • Item icon Election for trial by Judge alone
        • Item icon Election for trial in District Court
        • Item icon Election to be dealt with as an adult (Youth Court)
        • Item icon Revocation of election for trial by Judge alone
      • Folder icon Disclosure, notices and objections
        • Item icon Defence case statement
        • Item icon Evidentiary material brief
        • Item icon Notice of intention to adduce alibi evidence (Higher Courts)
        • Item icon Notice of intention to adduce expert evidence (Higher Courts)
        • Item icon Notice of notifiable offence
        • Item icon Notice of objection to discreditable conduct evidence
        • Item icon Notice of priority proceeding
        • Item icon Prosecution case statement
        • Item icon Prosecution response to defence case statement
      • Folder icon Pretrial applications, hearings & orders
        • Item icon Affidavit
        • Item icon Application to Registrar
        • Item icon Consent to order
        • Item icon Exhibit front sheet
        • Item icon Interlocutory application
        • Item icon Interlocutory application for disclosure of operative's identity
        • Item icon Interlocutory application for hearing by audio or audiovisual link
        • Item icon Interlocutory application for pre-trial special hearing
        • Item icon List of authorities
        • Item icon Notice from court
        • Item icon Notice of hearing
        • Item icon Notice of objection
        • Item icon Order
        • Item icon Record of outcome - Order
        • Item icon Summary of argument
        • Item icon Written submissions
      • Folder icon Procuring evidence
        • Item icon Letter of Request
        • Item icon Summons to Attend and to Produce Documents (Magistrates, Youth and ERD Courts)
        • Item icon Subpoena to Attend and to Produce Documents (Supreme and District Courts)
        • Item icon Summons to Attend to Give Evidence (Magistrates, Youth and ERD Courts)
        • Item icon Subpoena to Attend to Give Evidence (Supreme and District Courts)
        • Item icon Summons to Produce Documents (Magistrates, Youth and ERD Courts)
        • Item icon Subpoena to Produce Documents (Supreme and District Courts)
        • Item icon Summons to Produce Person in Custody
        • Item icon Warrant of Apprehension of Witness
        • Item icon Warrant to Produce Person in Custody
      • Folder icon Committal
        • Item icon Notice of intention to assert no case to answer
        • Item icon Notice requesting oral examination of witness in committal proceedings
        • Item icon Notice to defendant committed for sentence in Supreme Court or District Court
        • Item icon Notice to defendant committed for trial in Supreme Court or District Court
      • Folder icon Sentencing process
        • Item icon Notice of intention to allege previous convictions
        • Item icon Notice to Defendant of penalty hearing
        • Item icon Prosecution Summary of Proposed Factual Basis for Sentencing
        • Item icon Report request form - Community service assessment report (Adult defendant)
        • Item icon Report request form - Community service assessment report (Youth)
        • Item icon Report request form - Drug and alcohol assessment report (Adult defendant)
        • Item icon Report request form - Drug and alcohol assessment report (Youth)
        • Item icon Report request form - Generic report
        • Item icon Report request form - Medical report
        • Item icon Report request form - Pre-sentence report (Adult defendant)
        • Item icon Report request form - Pre-sentence report (Youth)
        • Item icon Report request form - Psychiatric report (Adult defendant)
        • Item icon Report request form - Psychiatric report (Youth)
        • Item icon Report request form - Psychological report (Adult defendant)
        • Item icon Report request form - Psychological report (Youth)
        • Item icon Sentencing material
        • Item icon Summons to third party to attend penalty hearing
      • Folder icon Conviction sentence
        • Item icon Case Stated
        • Item icon Certificate for Victim of Identity Theft
        • Item icon Certificate of Trial Judge
        • Item icon Child Protection Restraining Order and Acknowledgement
        • Item icon Community Service Order and Acknowledgement
        • Item icon Good Behaviour Bond
        • Item icon Guarantee of Bond
        • Item icon Home Detention Order and Acknowledgement
        • Item icon Intensive Correction Order and Acknowledgement
        • Item icon Interlocutory Application for Stating a Case
        • Item icon Intervention Order
        • Item icon Notice for the Payment of Money (Youth Court)
        • Item icon Notice of Intervention Order
        • Item icon Notice of Penalty Imposed
        • Item icon Notice of Prescribed,Disqualification and or Presumptive Disqualification Offence
        • Item icon Notice of Qualifying Offence
        • Item icon Notice that Defendant has been Declared Liable to Supervision
        • Item icon Order
        • Item icon Order - Forfeiture or Impounding of Motor Vehicle
        • Item icon Order - Stating a Case
        • Item icon Paedophile Restraining Order and Acknowledgement
        • Item icon Record of Outcome
        • Item icon Suspended Sentence Bond
        • Item icon Suspended Sentence Obligation Order and Acknowledgement
        • Item icon Undertaking to Complete an Intervention Program
        • Item icon Undertakings by Youth and Guardian
        • Item icon Warrant of Detention
        • Item icon Warrant of Discharge
      • Folder icon Variation
        • Item icon Good Behaviour Bond varied
        • Item icon Interlocutory Application for Set Aside and Re-hearing
        • Item icon Interlocutory Application to Vary or Revoke Order - Intervention Order
        • Item icon Notice of Order - Intervention Orders Act Order
        • Item icon Order - Variation of Obligation and Acknowledgment
        • Item icon Order - Variation or Extension of Community Service Order
        • Item icon Order for Final Variation or Revocation of Intervention or Problem Gambling Order
        • Item icon Order for Interim Variation of Intervention Order
        • Item icon Originating Application to Discharge or Vary Condition of Recognizance Order
        • Item icon Originating Application to Extend a Non-Parole Period
        • Item icon Originating Application to Fix a Non-Parole Period
        • Item icon Originating Application to Vary a Community Service Order or Ancillary Order
        • Item icon Originating Application to Vary or Revoke an Order
        • Item icon Originating Application to Vary or Revoke Condition of or Discharge Bond or Obligation
        • Item icon Suspended Sentence Bond varied
        • Item icon Suspended Sentence Obligation varied
      • Folder icon Appeal & Review
        • Item icon Appeal grounds (part of Notice of appeal)
        • Item icon Cross appeal grounds (part of Notice of cross appeal)
        • Item icon List of authorities
        • Item icon Notice of appeal against conviction, acquittal, antecedent aecision or mental impairment judgment
        • Item icon Notice of appeal against other decision
        • Item icon Notice of appeal against sentence or mental impairment disposition
        • Item icon Notice of appeal from Interlocutory Judgment of Magistrate, Special Justice, Judicial Registrar
        • Item icon Notice of appeal hearing
        • Item icon Notice of appeal hearing (Youth Court)
        • Item icon Notice of cross appeal against other decision
        • Item icon Notice of discontinuance of appeal
        • Item icon Notice of final determination of appellate proceeding
        • Item icon Notice of hearing of application for leave to appeal
        • Item icon Notice of reference on petition of mercy
        • Item icon Notice of review - bail review
        • Item icon Notice of withdrawal of application for bail review
        • Item icon Order
        • Item icon Order (Youth Court interlocutory appeal)
        • Item icon Originating application for reservation of question to Court of Appeal
        • Item icon Record of outcome
        • Item icon Record of outcome (Youth Court interlocutory appeal)
        • Item icon Written submissions
        • Item icon Written submissions of appellant (sentence)
        • Item icon Written submissions of respondent (sentence)
      • Folder icon Enforcement
        • Item icon Order Varying Home Detention Order and Acknowledgement - Adult
        • Item icon Order Varying Home Detention Order and Acknowledgement - Youth
        • Item icon Order Varying Intensive Correction Order and Acknowledgement - Adult
        • Item icon Order Varying Intensive Correction Order and Acknowledgement - Youth
        • Item icon Originating application for enforcement order
        • Item icon Summons to defendant
        • Item icon Undertaking - Contempt
        • Item icon Warrant of Apprehension
        • Item icon Warrant of Commitment - Contempt
      • Folder icon Miscellaneous
        • Item icon Miscellaneous
  • Folder icon E. Summary/minor indictable charges which remain in the Magistrates Court – Guilty plea
    • Item icon Summary or minor indictable charges which remain in the Magistrates Court – Guilty plea
      If the plea is indicated to be guilty, the matter can either immediately proceed to sentence or can be adjourned for such period as may be necessary to obtain all such information, evidence, and reports as may be required for submissions on penalty: r 65.1 of the Joint Criminal Rules 2022. ...

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    • Item icon Plea and mitigation sheet
    • Item icon Instructions to plead guilty
    • Item icon Written guilty plea to summary offence
    • Item icon Letter to client advising steps to be taken in preparation for plea of guilty
    • Item icon Enclosure - Court reference information sheet
    • Item icon Sentencing material
    • Item icon Court attendance sheet
  • Folder icon F. Summary/minor indictable charges which remain in the Magistrates Court matters – Not guilty plea
    • Item icon Court attendance sheet
    • Item icon Summons to Attend and to Produce Documents (Magistrates, Youth and ERD Courts)
    • Item icon Summons to Attend to Give Evidence (Magistrates, Youth and ERD Courts)
    • Item icon Summons to Produce Documents (Magistrates, Youth and ERD Courts)
    • Item icon Letter serving summons to produce
    • Item icon Attendance note - Preparation for hearing
    • Item icon Attendance note - Additional preparation for hearing
    • Item icon Attendance note - Preparation for adjourned hearing
    • Item icon Letter to client found guilty - Adjourned for sentence
  • Folder icon G. Summary trials
    • Item icon Summary of argument
    • Item icon Written submissions
    • Item icon List of authorities
    • Item icon Court attendance sheet
  • Folder icon H. Sentencing in the Magistrates Court
    • Item icon Example written submissions on 23, 24, 25 or 97
    • Item icon Letter instructing psychiatrist or psychologist
    • Item icon Enclosure - Part 11 Joint Criminal Rules - Experts
    • Item icon Originating Application - Spent Convictions Act - Exemption Order
  • Folder icon I. Appeals
    • Item icon Court attendance sheet
    • Folder icon If required - Folder of Appeal & Review forms
      • Item icon Appeal grounds (part of Notice of appeal)
      • Item icon Cross appeal grounds (part of Notice of cross appeal)
      • Item icon List of authorities
      • Item icon Notice of appeal against conviction, acquittal, antecedent aecision or mental impairment judgment
      • Item icon Notice of appeal against other decision
      • Item icon Notice of appeal against sentence or mental impairment disposition
      • Item icon Notice of appeal from Interlocutory Judgment of Magistrate, Special Justice, Judicial Registrar
      • Item icon Notice of appeal hearing
      • Item icon Notice of appeal hearing (Youth Court)
      • Item icon Notice of cross appeal against other decision
      • Item icon Notice of discontinuance of appeal
      • Item icon Notice of final determination of appellate proceeding
      • Item icon Notice of hearing of application for leave to appeal
      • Item icon Notice of reference on petition of mercy
      • Item icon Notice of review - bail review
      • Item icon Notice of withdrawal of application for bail review
      • Item icon Order
      • Item icon Order (Youth Court interlocutory appeal)
      • Item icon Originating application for reservation of question to Court of Appeal
      • Item icon Record of outcome
      • Item icon Record of outcome (Youth Court interlocutory appeal)
      • Item icon Written submissions
      • Item icon Written submissions of appellant (sentence)
      • Item icon Written submissions of respondent (sentence)
  • Folder icon J. Finalising the matter
    • Item icon Letter to client after sentence - Select outcome
    • Item icon Letter to client after sentence - Insert outcome
    • Item icon Letter to client found not guilty
    • Item icon Letter to client - No charges following attendance at police station
    • Item icon Letter to police after no charges for the return of client's property
    • Item icon Letter to police after client found not guilty for return of client's property
    • Item icon Enclosure - Information sheet on criminal records of employees
    • Item icon Example invoice incorporating notification of client's rights - SA
    • Item icon Invoice recital - Criminal
    • Item icon File closing checklist
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