by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 22, 2025 | Charter s.8, Insufficient Reasons, Parole Ineligibility, Safety Search, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Sheepway, 2025 YKCA 1: #parole & pre-trial custody, R v Khamvongsa, 2025 ABCA 43: #inconsistencies and R v Wendt and Ferri, 2025 ONSC 812: s.8 home #safety search R v Sheepway, 2025 YKCA 1 [February 11, 2025] Harsh...
by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 8, 2025 | Bail Pending Appeal, Insufficient Reasons, Severance
This week’s top three summaries: R v Boucher, 2025 ABKB 56: charges #severance, R v Leonard, 2025 ONCA 57: insufficient #reasons and R v Buonomo, 2025 ONCA 62: BPA #fentanyl R v Boucher, 2025 ABKB 56 [January 30, 2025] Severance of Charges: Murder and Other...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 21, 2024 | Duress, Eye-Witness Identification, Insufficient Reasons
This week’s top three summaries: R v DGA, 2024 SKCA 114: prior ID non-stranger, R v Watson, 2024 ONSC 6781: #duress, and R v Osaigbovo, 2024 ONSC 6914: no reasons = #mistrial R v DGA, 2024 SKCA 114 [December 10, 2024] Identification Evidence: Non-Strangers and...
by Pawel Milczarek | Oct 7, 2023 | Appeals, Contact Prohibitions, Ineffective Assistance, Insufficient Reasons, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v DG, 2023 ONCA 588: reconciling #credibility findings, R v Brick, 2023 SKCA 107: #judging own client, and R v Adams, 2023 BCCA 369: #incidental contact condition. R v DG, 2023 ONCA 588 [September 8, 2023] Obligation to...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 22, 2023 | Addiction Mitigation, Appeals, Criminal Organization, Gladue - Mitigation, Insufficient Reasons, Resolving Conflicting Versions, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Abdullahi, 2023 SCC 19: #appellate review, crim org, R v Murillo, 2023 SKCA 78: #conflicting evidence, and R v Phillips, 2023 ABCA 210: #Gladue, addiction mitigation. This week’s top two cases deal primarily with...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 18, 2022 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Fundamental Concepts, Insufficient Reasons, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Uncategorized
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