by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 4, 2022 | Car Search - Cannabis Act, Charter s.12, Charter s.7, Charter s.8, Disclosure, Examination of Exhibits for Smell, Late Disclosure, Lost Disclosure, Rehabilitation, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Bissonnette, 2022 SCC 23: s.12 #rehabilitation and punishment, R v Peterson, 2022 ABQB 365: destroyed #evidence, and R v Grant, 2022 ONSC 2703: #marijuana smell test This week’s top case deals with sentencing in...
by Pawel Milczarek | May 28, 2022 | Charter 11(b), Circumstantial Evidence, Evidence, Exceptional Circumstances, Experts, Possession
This week’s top three summaries: R v Satkunananthan, 2022 ONCA 393: PPT #expert, R v Mbuyama, 2022 ONSC 2491: #circumstantial ev and gun possession, and R v Thompson, 2022 ONSC 2712: 11(b) #delay and covid. This week’s top case deals with...
by Pawel Milczarek | May 21, 2022 | CSO for Serious Offence, Honest but Mistaken Belief in Consent for Sex, Juries, Sentencing, Stand-Aside
This week’s top three summaries: R v Azzi, 2022 ONCA 366: #jury selection, R v Wong, 2022 ABCA 171: air of #reality, and R v Desmond-Robinson, 2022 ONCA 369: #CSO for gun This week’s top cases deal with issues that arose in sexual assault cases....
by Pawel Milczarek | May 14, 2022 | Air of Reality, Defences, Eye-Witness Identification, Non-Insane Automatism, Provocation
This week’s top three summaries: R v Barrett, 2022 ONCA 355: #provocation, R v Brown, 2022 SCC 18: #automatism, and R v Grant, 2022 ONCA 337: #exculpatory ID evidence. This week’s top case deals with provocation and issue that is a partial defence to...
by Pawel Milczarek | May 7, 2022 | Charter - Detention, Charter 10(b), During Search Warrant Execution, Right to Re-Consult, Similar Fact
This week’s top three summaries: R v Dussault, 2022 SCC 16: s.10(b) re-consult, R v JW, 2022 ONCA 306: #similar fact prejudice, and R v Scopel-Cessel, 2022 ONCA 316: #detention during SW R v Dussault, 2022 SCC 16 [April 29, 2022] Charter s.10(b): Right to...