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
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.
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). 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
Attorney General of Ontario
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(ADAG).
Each court district has a Crown Attorney, one or more Deputy Crown Attorneys and multiple Assistant Crown Attorneys.
Crown Attorneys and Assistant Crown Attorneys may also be appointed for the province in general.
/ref> Most of Ontario's criminal cases are prosecuted by each Office's group of Assistant Crown Attorneys. Court districts fall under one of 8 court regions, each of which is overseen by a Director of Crown Operations who reports to the Assistant Deputy Attorney General.
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
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'' (Ardeth Wood murder)
* ''R v Davis
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'' (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
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.
In June 2020,
See also
Similar services in other jurisdictions:
* Canada
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(provincial): Crown Attorney Office (Canada)
* Canada
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(federal): Public Prosecution Service of Canada
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* Scotland
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: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service () is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by His Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under t ...
* Northern Ireland
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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 P ...
* England and Wales
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: Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The main responsibilities of the CPS are to provide legal adv ...
Notes and references
External links
Contact page for Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General
Crown Attorney directory
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Prosecution services
Canadian criminal law
Ontario government departments and agencies