by Pawel Milczarek | Mar 11, 2023 | Charter s.8, Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Possession, Search by Presence during Private Conversation
This week’s top three summaries: R v SS, 2023 ONCA 130: s.8 REP in #ambulance, R v Metzger, 2023 SCC 5: #circumstantial ID, and R v Brar, 2023 ABCA 63: #circumstantial possession. This week’s top case is an impaired driving decision. For great general...
by Pawel Milczarek | Sep 17, 2022 | Circumstantial Evidence, Defence Vukelich, Possession, Procedure, Res Judicata
This week’s top three summaries: R v Ames, 2022 ONSC 5039: #possession and stmt, R v JC, 2022 ONSC 4991: res judicata, and R v Biring, 2022 ONSC 2678: defence Vukelich. This week’s top case deals with possession an issue that arises most often in drug...
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 | 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 | 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...
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]...
