by Pawel Milczarek | May 30, 2026 | Charter s.12, Charter s.8, Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Identification, Search Incident to Arrest
This week’s top three summaries: R v Munn, 2026 ABKB 253: s.8 incident to #arrest, R c Gagnon, 2026 QCCA 583: s.12 man min CP, R v Bremner, 2026 ABCA 77: #circumstantial ID R v Munn, 2026 ABKB 353 [May 7, 2026] Charter s.8: Search Incidental to Arrest [W.N....
by Pawel Milczarek | Oct 18, 2025 | Anonymous Tipster, Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Ineffective Counsel
This week’s top three summaries: R v BN, 2025 ABKB 535: #ineffective lawyer, R v Shah, 2025 ABKB 535: s.8 #informant, R v Mohamed Mussa, 2025 ABKB 543: #circumstantial ID R. v. BN, 2025 ABKB 535 [September 18, 2025] Ineffective Assistance of Counsel [Justice...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 5, 2025 | Charter s.9, Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Witness Reliability
This week’s top three summaries: R v Singh, 2025 ONCA 460: #omissions and #flashbacks, R v OW, 2025 ONSC 2922: #exclusive opportunity ID, R v Grant and Scott, 2025 ONSC 3513: s.9 #grounds for arrest R v Singh, 2025 ONCA 460 [June 25, 2025] Reliability: Omissions...
by Pawel Milczarek | Apr 15, 2023 | Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Possession, Stereotypes of Human Behaviour, Uncategorized
This week’s top three summaries: R v Spicer, 2023 ONCA 232: not #stereotyping, R v Blatchford, 2023 ABKB 193: circumstantial #ID, and R v Zamora, 2023 ONSC 2169: innocent #dupe This week’s top case deals with an issue to that comes up often in sexual...
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 | Jan 21, 2023 | Admissions, After the Fact Conduct, Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Gladue - Mitigation
This week’s top three summaries: R v Merrit, 2023 ONCA 3: #partial stmt and #after the fact, R v Kehoe, 2023 BCCA 2: Gladue #disconnection, and R v Strongeagle, 2023 ABCA 5: #circumstantial ID. This week’s top case deals with statement admissibility...