Criminal Courts and Lay People

What are the two levels of criminal courts that deal with offences in the first instance?

• Supreme Court and Court of Appeal

• Crown Court and Magistrates Courts

• High Court of Justice and County Courts

• Queen's Bench and Chancery

What are lay people? Who are the two types of lay people in the criminal justice system?

• Legally qualified individuals, judges and lawyers

• Legally unqualified individuals, magistrates and juries

• Legal advisors, barristers and solicitors

• Legal scholars, professors and researchers

What is bail?

• The process of releasing a suspect from custody before their court hearing

• The decision made by the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute a case

• The sentencing given to an offender who has been convicted

• The appeal route available to defendants in all cases

What is the presumption with bail?

• Bail should always be granted

• Bail should be refused in all cases

• Bail can be granted or refused depending on the circumstances

• Bail can only be granted by the Crown Court

What conditions can be applied to bail?

• To reside at a particular address

• To contact certain people, such as the victim or witnesses

• To surrender their passport if considered a flight risk

• All of the above

How many criminal cases are dealt with by the Magistrates' Court?

• Less than 50%

• Around 50%

• Around 75%

• More than 90%

What offences do the Magistrates' try?

• Indictable offences

• Summary offences

• Triable either way offences

• Summary and triable either way offences

What are the key functions of the Magistrates' Court?

• Trying summary offences and most either-way offences

• Sentencing defendants if found guilty

• Dealing with the first hearing of indictable offences

• All of the above

Where are appeals from the Magistrates' Court against conviction and/or sentence heard?

• Supreme Court

• Court of Appeal

• Crown Court

• High Court of Justice

What are the four main types of adult sentences?

• Imprisonment, community sentences, fines, discharges

• Bail, trial, sentencing, appeals

• Indictable, either way, summary, administrative

• Magistrates, juries, Crown Court, Supreme Court