✅ HD APPROVED - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (UPDATED FOR 2026) - MLP218

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Score an 86 HD in Criminal Procedure with these high-performance notes. Designed to help you pull out the right law quickly during the exam, these 2026-updated notes are the ultimate tool for HD-level analysis under pressure. These notes cover: Entry onto Land for Search and Arrest - Search of a Person and their Possessions - By Consent - Following lawful arrest (common law) - Cloutier v Langolis - With Warrant - Evidence Connected to an Indictable Offence: s 456 Crimes Act - Search for Stolen Goods: s 92 Crimes Act - Drugs: Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act - s 81 - Without Warrant (statutory) - Inadvertent Discovery - Forensic Procedure - Definitions - s 464(2) Crimes Act: - Voluntary Adult Forensic Procedure - s 464ZGB Crimes Act - Non-Voluntary Adult Forensic Procedure - s 464R Crimes Act - Forensic Sample Offences - s 464ZF Crimes Act - Adult DNA samples - s 464SC Crimes Act - Forensic Procedure for Children Aged 10 - 18 - DNA Samples from a Child Aged 15 - 18 Years: s 464SE Crimes Act - Fingerprinting: finger, palm, toe and sole prints - s 464(2) Crimes Act - Fingerprinting for Identification - s 464NA Crimes Act - Conditions under which a person may be fingerprinted for evidence - Procedure for Taking of Fingerprints, Destruction of Prints, and Consequences for POs for Breach - Consequences of Breach of Forensic Procedure - Police Questioning - Provision of Name and Address Details - Silence and Privilege Against Self-Incrimination - Questioning in Police Custody - ‘Reasonable Period’ Questioning - s 464A Crimes Act - What is a “Reasonable Period” of detention? - Procedure for “Reasonable Period” questioning - Handling of Admissions - Admissibility of Confessions in the course of Official Questioning - s 464H(1) Crimes Act - Continuity of Interviews/ Multiple Police Interviews - Admissibility of Improperly Obtained Evidence - s 138 Evidence Act - Identification Evidence - Visual Idenfidication - s 114 Evidence Act - Picture Identification - s 115 Evidence Act - Jury Warnings for Identification Evidence - Judicial Discretion to Exclude Prejudicial Identification Evidence - s 137 Evidence Act - Commencement of Criminal Proceedings - Arrest - can be separate from the commencement of Criminal Proceedings - Statutory power to arrest - With Warrant - Arrest without warrant - s 457 Crimes Act - Elements of a legal arrest - Commencing Trial - Decision to Prosecute - Choice of Court for Trial - Place of Hearing for Trial - s 169 CPA - Joint or Separate Trials for Multiple Offenders or Multiple Charges - s 170 CPA - Discontinuance of Prosecution - s 177 CPA - Trial for Indictable Offences - Committal Procedure - Criminal Procedure Act - Arraignment for Trial and Pleas - s 215 CPA - Rule against Double Jepoardy - Exceptions to Double Jepoardy - s 327H CPA (borne of public outrage at Carroll v R) - Jury Selection for Trial - Eligibility for Jury Service: s 5 Juries Act - Empanelment of Jury - Judicial Discretion to Discharge a Juror - s 43 Juries Act - Conduct of the Jurors - Jury Verdicts