by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 15, 2025 | Charter s.8, Charter s24(2), Consent, Dangerous Offender, Honest but Mistaken Belief in Consent for Sex
This week’s top three summaries: R v T.S., 2025 BCCA 25: #consent & role play, R v Khamvongsa, 2025 BCCA 33: 24(2) on s.8 breach and R v Stevenson, 2025 SKCA 13: DO #sentencing R v T.S., 2025 BCCA 25 [January 31, 2025] Sexual Assault: Role Play and Consent...
by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 8, 2025 | Bail Pending Appeal, Insufficient Reasons, Severance
This week’s top three summaries: R v Boucher, 2025 ABKB 56: charges #severance, R v Leonard, 2025 ONCA 57: insufficient #reasons and R v Buonomo, 2025 ONCA 62: BPA #fentanyl R v Boucher, 2025 ABKB 56 [January 30, 2025] Severance of Charges: Murder and Other...
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 | Jan 25, 2025 | 715.1 Video Evidence, Charter 11(b), Memory
This week’s top three summaries: R v Reves, 2025 ABCA 5: s.715.1 #statements, R v SLB, 2024 ABCA 412: #historical memory, and R v RB-C, 2024 ONCA 930: 11(b) post-conviction R v Reves, 2025 ABCA 5 [January 9, 2025] Admissibility of s.715.1 Statements: Context of...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 21, 2024 | Duress, Eye-Witness Identification, Insufficient Reasons
This week’s top three summaries: R v DGA, 2024 SKCA 114: prior ID non-stranger, R v Watson, 2024 ONSC 6781: #duress, and R v Osaigbovo, 2024 ONSC 6914: no reasons = #mistrial R v DGA, 2024 SKCA 114 [December 10, 2024] Identification Evidence: Non-Strangers and...
