I've Been Charged with a Criminal (or Youth) Offence out-of-Town and Want to Move the Case Closer to Home: Difference between revisions
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I've Been Charged with a Criminal (or Youth) Offence out-of-Town and Want to Move the Case Closer to Home (view source)
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# Before you decide to plead guilty, get and read the '''circumstances, information''', and the Crown Counsel’s '''initial sentencing position''' for your case in the "[[I've been charged with a criminal (or youth) offence and have to go to court|I've been charged with a criminal offence]]" section of this Guide. | # Before you decide to plead guilty, get and read the '''circumstances, information''', and the Crown Counsel’s '''initial sentencing position''' for your case in the "[[I've been charged with a criminal (or youth) offence and have to go to court|I've been charged with a criminal offence]]" section of this Guide. | ||
# If you then decide to plead guilty and you want to do so in a different courthouse, you need to fill in a '''waiver form'''. You can get a [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/pcr/pcr301.pdf waiver form] online or from a [[Courts of BC|court registry]]. You can find the address and contact information for a court registry through Enquiry BC. You do not need to fill in the date of your court attendance at the new location. Crown Counsel will do that. Mail, fax or deliver the waiver form to the Crown Counsel office in charge of the area where the offence took place (the "'''originating'''" office). | # If you then decide to plead guilty and you want to do so in a different courthouse, you need to fill in a '''waiver form'''. You can get a [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/pcr/pcr301.pdf waiver form] online or from a [[Courts of BC|court registry]]. You can find the address and contact information for a court registry through Enquiry BC. You do not need to fill in the date of your court attendance at the new location. Crown Counsel will do that. Mail, fax or deliver the waiver form to the Crown Counsel office in charge of the area where the offence took place (the "'''originating'''" office). | ||
# Make sure you attend any scheduled court appearances, either at the originating location or at the location where you are waiving the charges to. Note that you can have an '''agent''' attend for you if you have been charged with a summary offence or you have a lawyer who has filed the necessary form, called a "designation". | # Make sure you attend any scheduled court appearances, either at the originating location or at the location where you are waiving the charges to. Note that you can have an '''agent''' attend for you if you have been charged with a summary offence or you have a lawyer who has filed the necessary form, called a "[http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/pcr800/pcr860.pdf counsel designation notice]". | ||
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