This week's top three summaries: R v DW, 2026 ABKB 519: #sleepwalk sex , R v Samandari-Matof, 2026 ABCA 55: #possession, R v Olafson, 2026 ABCJ 92: 11(b) court #overbooking R v DW, 2026 ABKB 519 [July 17, 2026] Sexual Assault Voluntariness: Sleepwalking [A.K. Akgungor J.] AUTHOR'S NOTE: Voluntariness is an essential element of every criminal offence. Although often discussed alongside actus reus and mens rea, it is analytically distinct: the Crown must prove that the accused's conduct was the...

This week's top three summaries: R v Parsley, 2026 NLCA 23: s.8 unusual #freight , R v Marjanovic, 2026 MBCA 61: #consecutive to life, R v MacKinnon, 2026 NSCA 54: #functus R v Parsley, 2026 NLCA 23 [June 29, 2026] Charter s.8: Freight Delivery [Reasons by D.M. Boone C.J.N.L. with K.J. O'Brien and G.L.C. Noel JJ.A concurring] AUTHOR'S NOTE: Once an accused establishes a reasonable expectation of privacy in the place or thing searched and demonstrates that the search was conducted without prior...

This week's top three summaries: R v Drake, 2026 NSCA 48: Vetrovec #confirmation, R v VRRR, 2026 MBCA 56: human #assumptions , R v Murphy and Wright, 2026 NSCA 51: #judicial notice mistrial R v Drake, 2026 NSCA 48 [June 17, 2026] Vetrovec: Confirmatory Evidence Requirements [Reasons by Farrar J.A. with Bourgeois and Derrick JJ.A concurring] AUTHOR'S NOTE: Once a witness is recognized as an unsavoury witness requiring a Vetrovec warning, the central question becomes whether there is evidence...