by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 1, 2025 | Disclosure, Similar Fact, The Principled Exception
This week’s top three summaries: R v Haley, 2025 ONSC 265: s.7 #disclosure, R v AV, 2025 ONSC 57: #similar fact, and R v Lemay-Storms, 2025 ABKB 39: #principled exception R v Haley, 2025 ONSC 265 [January 16, 2025] Charter s.7: Past Complainant Violence Video...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 14, 2024 | Conditional Sentence, Res Gestae, The Principled Exception
This week’s top three summaries: R v Boucher, 2024 ABKB 707: #principled exception, R v Boucher, 2024 ABKB 722: s.8: res gestae & #silent adoption, and R v Vandal-Lauman, 2024 ABKB 667: conditional #sentence R v Boucher, 2024 ABKB 707 [November 5, 2024] The...
by Pawel Milczarek | Oct 5, 2024 | Cross Count Evidence, Spontaneous Utterance, The Principled Exception
This week’s top three summaries: R v Charles, 2024 SCC 29: #principled exception, R v R.A., 2024 ONCA 696: #spontaneous utterance, and R v DPT, 2024 ABCA 299: cross-count #evidence R v Charles, 2024 SCC 29 [September 25, 2024] The Principled Exception to Hearsay...
by yycadmin | Nov 18, 2023 | Appeals, Credibility, Hearsay, Implausible Recklessness, The Principled Exception, Third Party Records
This week’s top three summaries: R v Cervini, 2023 ONCJ 469: #hearsay police notes, R v Lowry, 2023 BCCA 399: 3rd party #records for appeal, and R v JP, 2023 ONSC 6002: s.151 implausibly #reckless. R v Cervini, 2023 ONCJ 469 [October 23, 2023] Principled...
by Pawel Milczarek | May 20, 2023 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Fundamental Concepts, Hearsay, Murder Parole Eligibility Reduction, Necessity, The Principled Exception
This week’s top three summaries: R v LaChance, 2023 SKCA 48: #necessity and hearsay exp’n, R v Bruzzese, 2023 ONCA 300: absence of #forensics, and R v Baker, 2023 ABCA 136: #murder parole eligibility hearing. This week’s top case deals with the...
by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 25, 2023 | Browne v Dunn, Disreputable Witness, Sentencing, The Principled Exception, Totality, Youthful First Offender
This week’s top three summaries: R v Mohamed, 2023 ONCA 104: #principled exception , R v Hirsh., 2023 ABCA 59: #totality and restraint, and R v AI, 2023 ONSC 1129: Browne v Dunn. This week’s top case deals with the admissibility of out of court statements....
