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 yycadmin | Nov 25, 2023 | Appeals, Hearsay, Narrative Exception, Offences, Possession of Stolen Property
This week’s top three summaries: R v K.C., 2023 BCCA 411: prior #consistent stmt, R v Marrone, 2023 ONCA 742: apprehension of #bias, and R v Bartel, 2023 ABCJ 227: #recent possession. R v K.C., 2023 BCCA 411 [November 13, 2023] Prior Consistent Statements...
by Pawel Milczarek | May 27, 2023 | Charter 10(b), Defence Re-Opening, Hearsay, Informational Duty, Narrative Exception
This week’s top three summaries: R v CL, 2023 SKCA 58: s.10(b) informational duty, R v Castro Wunsch, 2023 ABCA 160: narrative & #hearsay, and R v RG, 2023 ONCA 343: #reopening the defence. This week’s top case deals with a sexual assault case. For...
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 | Nov 20, 2021 | Charter - Detention, Hearsay, Obstructing Peace Officer, Opinion Evidence, The W(D) Instruction
This week’s top three summaries: R v Tutu, 2021 ONCA 805: #psych detention & obstruct, R v Kotio, 2021 NSCA 76: lay #opinion & #trauma, and R v Hoffman, 2021 ONCA 781: W(D) re other testimony, #hearsay R v Tutu, 2021 ONCA 805 [November 12, 2021]...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 26, 2021 | Circumstantial Evidence, Co-Conspirator's Exception, Credibility, Evidence, Experts, Hearsay, Seized Cell Calls - Baldtree
This week’s top three summaries: R v Iqbal, 2021 ONCA 416: accused #fabrication test, R v Boyer, 2021 NSCA 47: #circumstantial evidence and #conspiracy, and R v Karuranga, 2021 SKCA 90: necessity of #expert voir dire. R v Iqbal, 2021 ONCA 257 [June 14, 2021]...
