Crown courts

• Jury

  12 members, chosen at random from electoral and summoned, consider evidence
• Judge


  Interprets and upholds the law, swears the jury in, legally qualified.
• Administrator

  Draws up listings and organises details of trial. Duties are oranisational and administrative.
• Recorder

  Requires a transcript for all cases.
• Jurisdiction of Crown in criminal cases areas

  Sentencing

  Offences

  Appeals

  Plea and case management hearing
• Sentencing


  Law will have a maximum for the offences stated, consider guidelines, mitigating and aggravating factors considered
• Offences

  Triable either way , indictable
• Appeals

  From magistrates which was typically consistent, automatic right to appeal but rare as sentence may be increased.
• Plea and case management hearing

  Only hear indictable offences, set a date for trial, consider: plea, legal aid, bail.