by Pawel Milczarek | Mar 23, 2024 | Accused Testimony - Bare Denial, Charter s24(2), Collusion, Credibility, Juries, Jury Charge - Isolating Evidence, s.10(b) Violation
This week’s top three summaries: R v Whittaker, 2024 ONCA 182: 24(2) on rights to #counsel, R v RI, 2024 ONCA 185: bare #denial & collusion, and R v PA, 2024 BCCA 93: #isolating evidence. Our firm focuses on representation in complex criminal trials and...
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 | Nov 5, 2022 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Charter s.7, Dangerous Offender, Juries, Jury Charge - Opining About Evidence, Overbreadth of Legislation, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38: #sex offender registry, R v Harris, 2022 ONCA 739: #absence of evidence, and R v KC, 2022 ONCA 738: 752.1 assessor appointment. This week’s top case deals with sentencing issues. For great general...
by Pawel Milczarek | May 21, 2022 | CSO for Serious Offence, Honest but Mistaken Belief in Consent for Sex, Juries, Sentencing, Stand-Aside
This week’s top three summaries: R v Azzi, 2022 ONCA 366: #jury selection, R v Wong, 2022 ABCA 171: air of #reality, and R v Desmond-Robinson, 2022 ONCA 369: #CSO for gun This week’s top cases deal with issues that arose in sexual assault cases....
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 27, 2021 | Collusion, Credibility, Juries, Police Officers, Prosecution Closing
This week’s top three summaries: R v CG, 2021 ONCA 809: #tainting b/w witnesses, W(D) #reasons, R v Clyke, 2021 ONCA 810: #prosecution closing, and R v Holloway, 2021 ONSC 6136: #police disreputable conduct. R v CG, 2021 ONCA 809 [November 16, 2021] Collusion:...
