16 03, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – March 16, 2024: “Common Sense Assumptions”

By |2024-03-16T10:10:32-06:00March 16th, 2024|Common Sense Assumptions, Credibility, Sexual Assault, Sexual History s 276|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Krak, 2024 SSC 7: #common sense, R v Ali, 2024 ONSC 1356: s276 #inconsistencies, and R [...]

10 02, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – February 10, 2024: “Please knock before entry”

By |2024-02-10T08:26:16-07:00February 10th, 2024|Charter s.8, Dangerous Offender, No Knock, Sentencing, Sexual Assault, Sexual Purpose|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Russell, 2024 ONSC 529: s.8 no #knock, RTJ, R v TA, 2024 ONSC 528: #sexual purpose, [...]

13 01, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – January 13, 2024: “Murder and Mental Health”

By |2024-01-13T09:50:43-07:00January 13th, 2024|Exhortation, Murder - Mens Rea - Mental Health, Third Party Suspect|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Lawlor, 2023 SCC 34: #mental illness & murder, R v Abreha, 2023 ABCA 357: jury #exhortation, [...]

9 12, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – December 9, 2023: The state cannot benefit from illegal police acts

By |2023-12-09T10:30:10-07:00December 9th, 2023|Accused's Credibility - Right to Disclosure and Presence at Trial, Capacity to Consent, Charter s.8, Fundamental Concepts, Non-Warrant Excision, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Zacharias, 2023 SCC 30: s.8 non-warrant #excision, R v Haidary, 2023 ONCA 786: #tailoring evidence, and [...]

25 11, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – November 25, 2023

By |2023-11-25T09:37:47-07:00November 25th, 2023|Appeals, Hearsay, Narrative Exception, Offences, Possession of Stolen Property|1 Comment

This week's top three summaries: R v  K.C., 2023 BCCA 411: prior #consistent stmt, R v Marrone, 2023 ONCA 742: apprehension of #bias, [...]

14 10, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – October 14, 2023: “choices they would not have made when sober”

By |2023-10-14T10:05:17-06:00October 14th, 2023|Capacity to Consent, Memory Gaps, Possession of Stolen Property, Res Gestae, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Demong, 2023 SKCA 109: s.271 #blackout & intoxication, R v Westcott, 2023 ABCJ 205: res gestae, [...]

16 09, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – September 16, 2023 “No Memory of What Happened”

By |2023-09-16T07:09:29-06:00September 16th, 2023|Capacity to Consent, RPG Evidence in Place, Sexual Assault, SOIRA Exemption, Warrants|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Owston, 2023 SKCA 101: s.271 #capacity for consent, R v Hess and Profetto, 2023 ONSC 3065: [...]

9 09, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – September 9, 2023: “Their Entire Worldly Possessions”

By |2023-09-09T09:13:23-06:00September 9th, 2023|Defence of Property, Duress, Self-Defence, Sexual Offences Against Children, Uncategorized|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Verhaeghe, 2023 ABCJ 134: #defence of self & property, R v Bonick, 2023 ABCJ 146: #duress, [...]

2 09, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – September 2, 2023

By |2023-09-02T10:24:31-06:00September 2nd, 2023|Appeals, Charter s.12, Consent, Mandatory Minimum, Memory Gaps, Misapprehension of Evidence, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  J.G., 2023 SKCA 92: #contrary evidence, R v Gargan, 2023 NWTCA 5: s.151 min sentence, and [...]

22 07, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – July 22, 2023 “Not Every Group of Three Persons”

By |2023-07-22T08:49:50-06:00July 22nd, 2023|Addiction Mitigation, Appeals, Criminal Organization, Gladue - Mitigation, Insufficient Reasons, Resolving Conflicting Versions, Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Abdullahi, 2023 SCC 19: #appellate review, crim org, R v Murillo, 2023 SKCA 78: #conflicting evidence, [...]

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