by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 4, 2022 | Car Search - Cannabis Act, Charter s.12, Charter s.7, Charter s.8, Disclosure, Examination of Exhibits for Smell, Late Disclosure, Lost Disclosure, Rehabilitation, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Bissonnette, 2022 SCC 23: s.12 #rehabilitation and punishment, R v Peterson, 2022 ABQB 365: destroyed #evidence, and R v Grant, 2022 ONSC 2703: #marijuana smell test This week’s top case deals with sentencing in...
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 | Mar 26, 2022 | As Soon As Practicable, Conditional Discharge, Consent, Impaired Operation, Sentencing, Sexual Assault
This week’s top three summaries: R v Harnett, 2022 ABQB 213: 271 #reliability of recollection, R v Whitefish, 2022 SKPC 9: as soon as #practicable, and R v Neville, 2022 ONCJ 110: CD for #living off avails. This week’s top case deals with reliability in a...
by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 26, 2022 | Circumstantial Evidence, Dangerous Driving, Dangerous Offender, Lost Disclosure, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Janeiro, 2022 ONCA 118: #lost evidence, R v Lynch, 2022 ONCA 136: DO by #sexual impulse, and R v O’Neil, 2022 ONSC 981: the #sun & dangerous #driving R v Janeiro, 2022 ONCA 118 [February 10, 2022] Lost Evidence:...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jan 29, 2022 | CSO for Serious Offence, Joint Submissions, Memory Gaps, Sense of Touch, Sentencing, Sexual Assault, Start-Points
This week’s top three summaries: R v Kruk, 2022 BCCA 18: #assumption of #sense, R v Sharifi-Jamaili, 2022 ABQB 52: #down from #joint sub, and R v [M.S.], 2022 NSSC 12: #memory gaps in sex assault. R v Kruk, 2022 BCCA 18 [January 20, 2022] Sexual Assault:...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jan 22, 2022 | Answering Jury Questions, Joint Submissions, Sentencing, Voyeurism
This week’s top three summaries: R v Naslund, 2022 ABCA 6: #overturn joint sub down, R v Chacon-Perez, 2022 ONCA 3: #jury questions, and R v Downes, 2022 BCCA 8: #voyeurism temporal use of location. R v Naslund, 2022 ABCA 6 [January 12, 2022] Overturning a Joint...
