by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 22, 2023 | Addiction Mitigation, Appeals, Criminal Organization, Gladue - Mitigation, Insufficient Reasons, Resolving Conflicting Versions, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Abdullahi, 2023 SCC 19: #appellate review, crim org, R v Murillo, 2023 SKCA 78: #conflicting evidence, and R v Phillips, 2023 ABCA 210: #Gladue, addiction mitigation. This week’s top two cases deal primarily with...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 15, 2023 | Appeals, Assault, Driving Prohibitions, Fresh Evidence, Sentencing, Unreasonable Verdict
This week’s top three summaries: Nagle v R, 2023 NBCA 35: #assault, #appeals, R v Haroon, 2023 MBCA 60: release of #exhibits, and R v Basque, 2023 SCC 18: #pre-trial driving prohib. This week’s top two cases deal primarily with appellate law. For great...
by Pawel Milczarek | Mar 18, 2023 | Accused Criminal Record, Appeals, Charter s.7, Evidence, Miscarriage of Justice, Overturning a Guilty Plea
This week’s top three summaries: R v Rocha, 2023 ONSC 1573: s7 police & #missing cash, R v Klassen, 2023 BCCA 103: overturned GP b/c s.11(b), and R v Young, 2023 BCSC 276: Corbett #summary This week’s top case deals with an interesting issue in a drug...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 10, 2022 | Appeals, Eye-Witness Identification, In-Court Identification, Ineffective Assistance, NCRMD
This week’s top three summaries: R v Clark, 2022 SCC 49: #eye-witness ID, R v McDonald, 2022 ONCA 838: #silence and ineffective counsel, and R v Edama, 2022 ABCA 394: NCR absolute discharge. This week’s top case deals with eye-witness identification...
by Pawel Milczarek | Nov 12, 2022 | Appeals, Murder - First Degree - deliberation, Probation, Uneven Scrutiny
This week’s top three summaries: R v Hotomanie, 2022 SKCA 119: #probation as severity in sentence, R v Kebede, 2022 ABCA 353: 1st degree from #injuries, and R v BTD, 2022 ONCA 732: uneven scrutiny and #animus. This week’s top case deals...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 16, 2022 | Appeals, Excessive Intervention, Failure to Consider Accused Evidence, Gladue - Mitigation, Insufficient Assistance, Sentencing, Sentencing Principles, YCJA
This week’s top three summaries: R v Wilde, 2022 SKCA 74: excessive #intervention & insufficient #assistance, R v Laprise, 2022 SKCA 77: failure to consider #Gladue and Acc evidence, and R v MM, 2022 NSCA 46: YCJA sex assault #sentencing. This week’s...
