by Pawel Milczarek | May 28, 2022 | Charter 11(b), Circumstantial Evidence, Evidence, Exceptional Circumstances, Experts, Possession
This week’s top three summaries: R v Satkunananthan, 2022 ONCA 393: PPT #expert, R v Mbuyama, 2022 ONSC 2491: #circumstantial ev and gun possession, and R v Thompson, 2022 ONSC 2712: 11(b) #delay and covid. This week’s top case deals with...
by Pawel Milczarek | Apr 9, 2022 | Charter 10(b), Charter s.7, Charter s24(2), Circumstantial Evidence, Co-Accused Instructions, Evidence, Impaired Operation, Late Disclosure
This week’s top three summaries: R v Adeyiwola, 2022 ONSC 1824: #impaired circumstantial ev., R v Jobb, 2022 SKQB 47: #impaired late #disclosure stay, and R v Akhi, 2022 ONCA 264: #co-accused trial instructions This week’s top cases deal with impaired...
by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 19, 2022 | Evidence, Eye-Witness Identification, Flight from Police, Offences, Party Liability, Similar Fact
This week’s top three summaries: R v Ouellette, 2022 ABCA 40: s.21 #party by #words alone, R v Whitehead, 2022 SKCA 19: #similar fact diff’t offence type, and R v George, 2022 NSSC 42: #bare recognition ID. R v Ouellette, 2022 ABCA 40 [February 3, 2022]...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jan 8, 2022 | Causation, Evidence, Possession, The W(D) Instruction
This week’s top three summaries: R v Kuntz, 2021 ONCA 903: #causation and diagnosis, R v Van Deventer, 2021 SKCA 163: bare #denial W(D), and R v Jeyakanthan, 2021 ONSC 8250: hot potato #possession R v Kuntz, 2021 ONCA 903 [December 17, 2021] Criminal Negligence...
by Pawel Milczarek | Aug 28, 2021 | Evidence, Experts, IRCAs, Possession, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Anderson, 2021 NSCA 62: Impact of #Race and Culture Assessments, R v KJ, 2021 ONCA 570: W(D) applies to #experts, and R v Choudhry, 2021 ONCA 560: #access is not #control. R v Anderson, 2021 NSCA 62 [August 17, 2021]...
by Pawel Milczarek | Aug 21, 2021 | Credibility, Evidence, Motive to Fabricate, Third Party Records, Unresponsive Answers, Video Evidence
This week’s top three summaries: R v SSS, 2021 ONCA 552: 3rd party #records, R v Da Silva Smith, 2021 ONSC 5521: #credibility argumentative w Def, and R v Stanley, 2021 ONCJ 423: #ID and breaks in continuity of observation R v SSS, 2021 ONCA 552 [August 3, 2021]...