The term Crown Attorney's Office is the title for the various public prosecution offices (16 across Ontario) under the jurisdiction of the province of
Ontario.
Each
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
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has its own Crown Attorney's Office, which conducts all criminal trial prosecutions and summary conviction appeals for cases that the province is responsible for in that court's geographical area (see
Criminal law in Canada
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). The numerous Crown Attorney Offices, along with the Crown Law Office - Criminal and various specialized offices forms the Criminal Law Division of the
Attorney General of Ontario
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, under the immediate supervision of the Division's Assistant Deputy
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.
Each Crown Attorney's Office is administered by a Crown Attorney and one or two Deputy Crown Attorneys.
Most of Ontario's criminal cases are prosecuted by each Office's group of Assistant Crown Attorneys.
Major Cases:
* R v MT & DB (Rengel murder)
* R v DeJesus (Lisa Posluns murder)
* R v Roy (Allison Parrott murder)
* R v McKenzie (OC Transpo murder)
* R v Riley et al. (Pathfinder)
* R v Cameron, McDowell, Parish, and Saleh (Arson murder)
* R v Myers (Ardeth Wood murder)
* R v Davis (Jennifer Teague murder)
* R v Ranger & Kinkead (Ottey murders)
* R v Kimberley and Clancy (Carolyn Warrick murder)
* R v Snow (Blackburn murders)
The Crown Attorney's main office is at McMurtry-Scott Building in
Toronto.
To contact the office, click https://www.ontario.ca/feedback/contact-us?id=98538&nid=97157
In June 2020,
the Crown Attorney Office of Ontario made national news when they petitioned to delay the return to court over fears surrounding the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak.
See also
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Crown Attorney Office (Canada)
In Canada, Crown Attorney Office refers to the offices in each province that are in charge of prosecuting the majority of criminal cases. For the most part, each office is under the jurisdiction of the provincial Attorney General (or the Minister ...
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Canada
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Federal Prosecution Service
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC; french: Service des poursuites pénales du Canada (SPPC)) was established on December 12, 2006 by the ''Director of Public Prosecutions Act''. A federal agency, the PPSC prosecutes offences on behal ...
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Canada
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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service -
Scotland
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Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI) is the department of the Northern Ireland Executive responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in Northern Ireland. It is headed by the Director of Pub ...
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Crown Prosecution Service -
United Kingdom
Notes and references
Prosecution
Canadian criminal law
Ontario government departments and agencies
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