This week's top three summaries: R v Emereuwa, 2025 SKCA 83: #failure and intent, R v Dos Santos, 2025 ONCA 598: 11(b) #mistrial, R v DM, 2025 ABCJ 134: #alibi R v Emereuwa, 2025 SKCA 83 [September 3, 2025] Statutory Interpretation of Required Mens Rea and Failure to Provide a Breath Sample [Reasons by Kilback J.A. with Leurer C.J.S and Drennan J.A. concurring] AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal clarified that “true crimes” require both intent to commit the prohibited act and...

This week's top three summaries: R v Meier, 2025 MBCA 74: #gun #video circumstantial, R v DL, 2025 SKCA 498: #excessive intervention, R v Moore, 2025 PECA 589: cross on #discreditable R v Meier, 2025 MBCA 74 [August 18, 2025] Circumstantial Evidence: Video Recording without Details [Reasons by Anne Turner J.A. with Holly Beard and Marc Monnin JJ.A. concurring] AUTHOR'S NOTE: This case represents a rare instance where an acquittal at trial was upheld on appeal due to the insufficiency of...

This week's top three summaries: R v Sels, 2025 ONCA 592: #defence v group, R v Singh, 2025 ONCA 498: directed #verdict guilty?, R v Pierre, 2025 ABCA 589: #instructions after-the-fact R v Sels, 2025 ONCA 592 [August 14, 2025] Self Defence: Against a Perceived Group Attack [Reasons by Pomerance J.A. with B.W. Miller and D.A. Wilson JJ.A. concurring] AUTHOR'S NOTE: The assessment of self-defence by a trier of fact is inherently context-specific. A critical contextual factor in this analysis is...