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...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 18, 2021 | Causation, Charter s.8, Excision, Sentencing, Setting Aside Guilty Plea, Warrants
This week’s top three summaries: R c Rizzuto, 2021 QCCA 1789: s.8 warrants #excision, Mohabir c R, 2021 QCCA 1806: 606(1.1) might be #jail, and R v Manukian, 2021 ONSC 7765: bodily harm #causation. R c Rizzuto, 2021 QCCA 1789 [November 30, 2021] Charter s.8...
by Pawel Milczarek | Nov 13, 2021 | Accused's Credibility - Right to Disclosure and Presence at Trial, Alternative Suspect, Fentanyl Trafficking, Functus Officio, Fundamental Concepts, Gladue - Start Point Sentences, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46: #start-point sentence, R v Hudson, 2021 ONCA 772: order of #testimony, and R v Toews, 2021 BCCA 405: functus officio R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46 [November 12, 2021] Sentencing: Start-Point Sentences...
by Pawel Milczarek | Nov 6, 2021 | Appeals, Charter 10(b), Charter s24(2), Confessions, Connection of Evidence to Violation, Fresh Evidence, Gladue - Mitigation, Sentencing, Without Delay
This week’s top three summaries: R v Jarrett, 2021 ONCA 758: 10(b)/24(2) temporal #exclusion, R v Mero, 2021 BCCA 399: #Gladue discount, and R v Marttinen, 2021 ONSC 6976: #false confession R v Jarrett, 2021 ONCA 758 [October 26, 2021] Charter s.10(b) –...
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]...
