by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 24, 2024 | Eye-Witness Identification, Hearsay, Juries, Prosecution Closing, Res Gestae
This week’s top three summaries: R v Shaw, 2024 ONCA 119: #Crown closing, stranger ID, R v Pelletier, 2024 SKCA 12: #spontaneous utterance, and R v Clyde, 2024 ONCA 113: #Crown closing. Our firm focuses on representation in complex criminal trials and criminal...
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 | May 14, 2022 | Air of Reality, Defences, Eye-Witness Identification, Non-Insane Automatism, Provocation
This week’s top three summaries: R v Barrett, 2022 ONCA 355: #provocation, R v Brown, 2022 SCC 18: #automatism, and R v Grant, 2022 ONCA 337: #exculpatory ID evidence. This week’s top case deals with provocation and issue that is a partial defence to...
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 15, 2022 | Balanced Charge, Eye-Witness Identification, Hearsay, Hearsay, Juries, The Principled Exception, The W(D) Instruction
This week’s top three summaries: R v Panovski, 2021 ONCA 905: W(D) on all #exonerating ev, R v Furey, 2021 NLCA 59: #principled exc’pn necessity, and R v Davis, 2021 ONSC 8163: poss’n #knowledge. R v Panovski, 2021 ONCA 905 [December 17, 2021] W(D)...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 11, 2021 | Air of Reality, Eye-Witness Identification, Possession, Self-Defence, The W(D) Instruction
This week’s top three summaries: R v Effert 2021 ABCA 388: #self-defence, R v Alvarez, 2021 ONCA 851: #eye-witness ID, and R v Godelia, 2021 ONSC 7464: W(D) 2nd prong & #circumstantial evidence. R v Effert, 2021 ABCA 388 [November 26, 2021] Self Defence...
