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A hybrid offence, dual offence, Crown option offence, dual procedure offence, offence triable either way, or wobbler is one of the special class offences in the common law jurisdictions where the case may be prosecuted either summarily or on indictment. In the United States, an alternative misdemeanor/felony offense (colloquially known as a wobbler) lists both county jail (misdemeanor sentence) and state prison (felony sentence) as possible punishment, for example, theft. Similarly, a wobblette is a crime that can be charged either as a misdemeanor or an infraction, for example, in California, violating COVID-19 safety precautions (ranges from a $100 fine to one year in jail).[1][failed verification]
^https://www.shouselaw.com/wobbler.html, "Legal definition of a "Wobbler" in California law"
A hybridoffence, dual offence, Crown option offence, dual procedure offence, offence triable either way, or wobbler is one of the special class offences...
A summary offence or petty offence is a violation in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury...
India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore), an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing...
meschever, "to end badly". The country's Criminal Code makes mischief a hybridoffence, punishable by up to and including life imprisonment if the mischief...
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combination of both probation and imprisonment. If the offence is a summary conviction offence (or a hybridoffence where the Crown elects to proceed summarily)...
years imprisonment. Kidnapping that does not result in a homicide is a hybridoffence that comes with a maximum possible penalty of life imprisonment (18...
$5000 and is a hybridoffence, meaning that it can be treated either as an indictable offense or a less serious summary conviction offence, depending on...
that Act. Forgery is an offence under sections 366, 367 and 368 of the Canadian Criminal Code. The offence is a hybridoffence, subject to a maximum prison...
laws protecting women. It is a hybridoffence, which may be punishable upon summary conviction or as an indictable offence, the latter of which may carry...
Mode of trial This offence is an indictable offence which may be tried summarily upon consent of the accused. See hybridoffence. Sentence A person guilty...
harm rather than bodily harm. Assault causing bodily harm is a hybridoffence or dual offence. It is punishable, on conviction on indictment, with imprisonment...
driving is a statutory offence related to aggressive driving. It is also a term of art used in the definition of the offence of causing death by dangerous...
summary conviction or by indictment and are sometimes known as hybridoffences. In these offences, the level of court and whether the accused has an option...
and Ireland, these are known as hybridoffences, whereas in England and Wales, these are known as either way offences, and can only be heard summarily...
s. 36(1)(a) [now s. 60(2)] of the Competition Act. The charge was a hybridoffence that could be either an indictment consisting of a fine at the discretion...
Parliament changed the offence to a hybridoffence, giving the Crown the option to proceed with the more serious indictable offence procedure. Difficulties...
Criminal Code Act 1995. It defines treason as follows: A person commits an offence, called treason, if the person: (a) causes the death of the Sovereign,...
be tried summarily upon consent of the accused. See hybridoffence. A person guilty of this offence is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment...
and applicable law. One proposed definition is that a crime or offence (or criminal offence) is an act harmful not only to some individual but also to a...
statutory offence in England and Wales and Northern Ireland. It was replaced with the more general offence of fraud by the Fraud Act 2006. The offence still...
believe that a person has committed a summary conviction offence, a hybridoffence, or an offence within the absolute jurisdiction of a judge of a Provincial...
firearm offences. The bill received royal assent and mandatory minimum sentences were attached to section 95(1) of the Criminal Code, a hybridoffence which...
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Either Way may refer to: Either way or hybridoffence, in criminal law Either Way (film), a 2011 Icelandic comedy film Either...
has become standard procedure for certain offences such as impaired driving. In the case of hybridoffences, the Crown must make a binding decision as...
are listed here. Classes Infraction Misdemeanor Felony Summary Indictable Hybrid Law portal Against the person Assassination Assault Battery Child abuse...
instead of by summary conviction. He stated that the nature of the hybridoffence acts a "safety valve", which ensures that the least serious offenders...