by Pawel Milczarek | Sep 14, 2024 | Opinion Evidence, Prosecution Closing, Self-Defence
This week’s top three summaries: R v CD, 2024 NLCA 22: self #defence force, R v Jenkins, 2024 ONCA 533: police lay #opinion, and R v Borhot, 2024 ABKB 438: reverse #closing submissions. R v CD, 2024 NLCA 22 [June 18, 2024] Self-Defence: Measuring Force to a...
by Pawel Milczarek | Aug 31, 2024 | 715.1 Video Evidence, Identification - Voice, Self-Defence
This week’s top three summaries: R v AW, 2024 ONCA 564: #voice ID, R v Jeremschuk, 2024 ABCA 268: #angry self defence, and R v Roche-Garcia, 2024 BCCA 298: s.715.1 embedded #hearsay R v AW, 2024 ONCA 564 [July 17, 2024] Voice Identification [Reasons by L. Madsen...
by Pawel Milczarek | Sep 9, 2023 | Defence of Property, Duress, Self-Defence, Sexual Offences Against Children, Uncategorized
This week’s top three summaries: R v Verhaeghe, 2023 ABCJ 134: #defence of self & property, R v Bonick, 2023 ABCJ 146: #duress, and R v DN, 2023 ONCA 561: 171.1(3)/172.2(3) #unconstitutional. R v Verhaeghe, 2023 ABCJ 134 [June 13, 2023] Co-Existing Defence...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 29, 2023 | Charter s.8, Credibility, Inadvertent Tainting, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, Self-Defence
This week’s top three summaries: R v Walker, 2023 ABKB 341: #self-defence v police, R v Louie, 2023 ABKB 352: s.8 Apt CCTV, and R v Richer, 2023 ONSC 3158: #inadvertent tainting. This week’s top case deals with an unusual type of Charter remedy:...
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 | Oct 16, 2021 | Manslaughter, Self-Defence, Severance
This week’s top three summaries: R v Khill, 2021 SCC 37: #self-defence, R v Pope, 2021 NLCA 47: #manslaughter instruction, and R v Burgess, 2021 ABQB 798: #severance of charges. R v Khill, 2021 SCC 37 [October 14, 2021] Self Defence: Expanded Considerations...
