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Chapter 8 Self-test questions
Magistrates' courts - the most serious criminal cases
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At a magistrates court, what happens to a case involving an indictable-only charge?
It will be tried by the magistrates if the defendant wants this
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It will be tried by the magistrates if they do not consider it too serious an offence
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It will be committed to a Crown court for sentence
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It will be sent to a Crown court for trial
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If a defendant says at a magistrates' court hearing that he/she will plead not guilty to an offence due to be tried by jury, which is the only charge in the case, it is legally safe for the media to report this denial of guilt, even though reporting restrictions apply automatically.
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What is decided in an allocation procedure?
Whether an either-way case is to be dealt with by the magistrates court
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Whether the defendant is to be allowed to represent himself/herself, without a lawyer
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Whether a defendant should be committed to Crown court for sentence
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Whether a defendant can be tried via video link from the prison where he/she is held
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