by Pawel Milczarek | Oct 26, 2024 | Browne v Dunn, Challenge for Cause, Charter s.12
This week’s top three summaries: R v Zamer, 2024 ONSC 4884: #challenge for cause, R v DAD, 2024 YKCA 9: min sentence #overturned, and R v Chartrand, 2024 BCCA 355: Browne v Dunn R v Zamer #5, 2024 ONSC 4884 [September 13, 2024] Challenge for Cause Process: Jury...
by Pawel Milczarek | Sep 2, 2023 | Appeals, Charter s.12, Consent, Mandatory Minimum, Memory Gaps, Misapprehension of Evidence, Sexual Assault
This week’s top three summaries: R v J.G., 2023 SKCA 92: #contrary evidence, R v Gargan, 2023 NWTCA 5: s.151 min sentence, and R v LWT, 2023 ABCJ 139: #all the circumstances for s.271. R v J.G., 2023 SKCA 92 [August 10, 2023] Misapprehension of Evidence by...
by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 4, 2023 | Accused's Right to Address Issues of Importance to Trial Judge, Appeal Custody, Charter s.12, Fundamental Concepts, Mandatory Minimum, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Hills, 2023 SCC 2: s12 #cruel and unusual, R v MV, 2023 ONCA 739: 1.5 to 1 on #prison time, and R v Tran, 2023 ONCA 11: TJ cannot raise #concoction in judgment. This week’s top case deals with sentencing issues....
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 | Feb 12, 2022 | Charter s.12, Credibility, Mandatory Minimum, Sexual Assault, Sexual History s 276, Stereotypes of Human Behaviour
This week’s top three summaries: R v BG, 2022 ONCA 92: #stereotypes & credibility, R v Santillana, 2022 ABQB 108: #Crown Seaboyer lost, and R v Penner, 2022 BCSC 2900: #manslaughter man min struck. R v BG, 2022 ONCA 92 [February 2, 2022] Crown Cultural...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jan 16, 2021 | Charter s.12, CSO for Serious Offence, Fentanyl Trafficking, Mandatory Minimum, Narrative Exception
This week’s top three summaries: R v Eisnor, 2020 ABCA 459: #narrative error, R v Gerbrandt, 2020 ABPC 261: mandatory min making child porn available #unconstitutional , and R v Mori, 2020 ONCJ 620: CSO for #fentanyl trafficking R v Eisnor, 2020 ABCA 459...
