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 | Sep 23, 2023 | Accused Exculpatory Testimony - Fabrication, Charter s.8, Charter s.9, Evidence, Good Samaritan, Reasonable Suspicion, The W(D) Instruction
This week’s top three summaries: R v Wilson, 2023 SKCA 106: good #Samaritan, R v Sabiston, 2023 SKCA 105: #suspicion + test what?, and R v UK, 2023 ONCA 587: accused #fabrication and joint WD. R v Wilson, 2023 SKCA 106 [September 8, 2023] Charter s.8/9: Arrest...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 29, 2023 | Charter s.8, Credibility, Inadvertent Tainting, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, Self-Defence
This week’s top three summaries: R v Walker, 2023 ABKB 341: #self-defence v police, R v Louie, 2023 ABKB 352: s.8 Apt CCTV, and R v Richer, 2023 ONSC 3158: #inadvertent tainting. This week’s top case deals with an unusual type of Charter remedy:...
by Pawel Milczarek | Apr 1, 2023 | After the Fact Conduct, Charter 10(b), Charter s.8, During Search Warrant Execution, Evidence, Manner of Execution, Similar Fact, Warrants
This week’s top three summaries: R v O’Brien, 2023 ONCA 197: s.8/24(2) search for #passwords, R v Brooks, 2023 BCCA 121: not #similar, and R v Nagy, 2023 ONCA 184: after the fact conduct. This week’s top case deals with s.8 search issues....
by Pawel Milczarek | Mar 11, 2023 | Charter s.8, Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Possession, Search by Presence during Private Conversation
This week’s top three summaries: R v SS, 2023 ONCA 130: s.8 REP in #ambulance, R v Metzger, 2023 SCC 5: #circumstantial ID, and R v Brar, 2023 ABCA 63: #circumstantial possession. This week’s top case is an impaired driving decision. For great general...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 3, 2022 | Causation, Charter s.8, Search Incident to Arrest
This week’s top three summaries: R v Robertson, 2022 ONSC 5795: s.8 #ruse stop, R v JR, 2022 YKCA 9: #corroboration, and R v Favel, 2022 ABKB 727: #normative causation murder. This week’s top case deals with a warrantless search issue. For great general...
