by Pawel Milczarek | Jan 13, 2024 | Exhortation, Murder - Mens Rea - Mental Health, Third Party Suspect
This week’s top three summaries: R v Lawlor, 2023 SCC 34: #mental illness & murder, R v Abreha, 2023 ABCA 357: jury #exhortation, and R v Rudder, 2023 ONCA 864: third party #suspect. Our firm focuses on representation in complex criminal trials and criminal...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 9, 2023 | Accused's Credibility - Right to Disclosure and Presence at Trial, Capacity to Consent, Charter s.8, Fundamental Concepts, Non-Warrant Excision, Sexual Assault
This week’s top three summaries: R v Zacharias, 2023 SCC 30: s.8 non-warrant #excision, R v Haidary, 2023 ONCA 786: #tailoring evidence, and R v SB, 2023 ONCA 784: s.271 capacity to consent. Our firm focuses on representation in complex criminal trials and...
by Pawel Milczarek | Oct 28, 2023 | Defences, Evidence, NCRMD, Possession, Similar Fact
This week’s top three summaries: R v Jackson, 2023 ONSC 5707: #knowledge & possession, R v Shylga, 2023 ABKB 583: #NCRMD, and R v Saucier, 2023 ONSC 5269: #similar fact for s.271. R v Jackson, 2023 ONSC 5707 [October 11, 2023] Possession: The element of...
by Pawel Milczarek | Oct 21, 2023 | Charter 10(b), Charter s.7, Charter s.8, Charter s.9, Reasonable Grounds, Search Incident to Arrest, Use of Civil Judgment, Without Delay
This week’s top three summaries: R v Gallant, 2023 BCSC 1786: s.9/8 grounds – drug #pipe, R v Brazeau, 2023 ABCJ 211: s.7 excessive #force, and R v Nyhus, 2023 ABKB 567: use of #civil judgment. R v Gallant, 2023 BCSC 1786 [September 18, 2023] Charter...
by Pawel Milczarek | Oct 14, 2023 | Capacity to Consent, Memory Gaps, Possession of Stolen Property, Res Gestae, Sexual Assault
This week’s top three summaries: R v Demong, 2023 SKCA 109: s.271 #blackout & intoxication, R v Westcott, 2023 ABCJ 205: res gestae, and R v Woodhouse, 2023 MBCA 80: #stolen property. R v Demong, 2023 SKCA 109 [September 25, 2023] Sexual Assault: Blackout...
