Not guilty plea form

You must complete this form and submit it to the court as soon as possible and at least three business days before your court hearing. If you do not respond or lodge this document your matter may be heard in your absence and you will be notified of the outcome.

Details of hearing

Case number (if known)

At what court is your matter listed?

What is the date of your hearing?

What offence(s) were you charged with?

Do you have an Intervention Order hearing in the future?

Yes

Personal Details

Given name(s)

Family name

Phone

Preferred method of contact

Phone

Has your address changed since being charged?

Yes

Please provide new address below

Your date of birth

Pleading not guilty

How do you wish the matter to proceed?

Plead not guilty

As you wish to plead not guilty, the Court needs to take into account some details when listing the matter. Do you have any dates that are unsuitable to you or your witnesses?

Yes

Please list unsuitable dates

If you wish to appear at your hearing, it is likely you will do so via the internet and Online Magistrates’ Court, without physically attending the court. Not all cases are suitable to be heard in this way. The Court will determine how your case will proceed in due course, and you will be contacted by the Court before the hearing date. If it is determined the hearing will proceed online you will be contacted via email – click HERE for a guide to WebEx.

Acknowledgments

By clicking the below checkboxes and lodging this form I acknowledge that:

I may plead guilty or not guilty, and that no police officer or other person has told me how I must plead;

a copy of my completed form will be provided to the Prosecuting agency;

this plea is entered voluntarily and of my own free will

my identity is as asserted above, understanding that identity fraud is a crime

Date of form submission

I plan to represent myself and plead not guilty

Not guilty plea form