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Message: [QUOTE="Jason Simmons, post: 2655469, member: 8275"] Police (and the QCCC staff preferring these charges ARE police) are required to complete a QP9 court brief for a defendant's initial appearance at Court. That is not a ' brief of evidence'. It is a summary of the facts and the charges a person is charged with. It doesn't contain evidence such as witness statements, analyst certificates, photographs and so on. It is a basic description of the matter and related issues at hand. These defendant's lawyers in this case have reportedly not yet received the QP9 court brief (which lists the charges and a summary of the facts the Crown is alleging). However they will closer to, or perhaps even on the day of court. The Crown is not required to produce a FULL brief of evidence at the initial mention and in many cases NEVER even prepares a full brief (as the overwhelming majority of defendant's plead guilty, meaning no full brief is required). A full brief is only required once a charge/s is listed for hearing (either Summary or Committal). What your lawyer asked for was the QP9. Not the brief of evidence. [/QUOTE]

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