1 05, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – May 1, 2021

By |2021-05-01T11:19:38-06:00May 1st, 2021|Authentication, Charter s.8, Charter s24(2), Evidence, Intentional Violation, Text Messages, Warrantless Entry onto Property|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Aslami, 2021 ONCA 249: #text message authentication, R v Bielli, 2021 ONCA 222: s10(a) intentional violation, and Cormier c [...]

30 01, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – January 30, 2021

By |2021-02-15T12:39:27-07:00January 30th, 2021|Bad Character Evidence, Charter s.8, Evidence, Prior Consistent Statements, Probative v Prejudicial, Strip Search|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Nelson, 2021 NSCA 11: prior #consistent statements, R v Settle, 2021 ABQB 40: prior #bad #character, and R v Paterson, [...]

23 01, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – January 23, 2021

By |2021-01-23T13:18:15-07:00January 23rd, 2021|Car Search - Cannabis Act, Charter s.8, Evidence, Hearsay, Mr. Big Evidence, Narrative Exception|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Borel, 2021 ONCA 16: #narrative exception, R v Dauphinais, 2021 ABQB 21: #MrBig exclusion, and R v Sappleton, 2021 ONSC [...]

7 11, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – November 7, 2020

By |2020-11-07T14:17:16-07:00November 7th, 2020|Bail Summary Exaggeration, Border Search, Charter 10(b), Charter s.8, Charter s.9, Credibility, Denigration of Counsel, Stereotypes of Human Behaviour|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Canfield, 2020 ABCA 383:#phone #search at border unconstitutional, R v Cooke, 2020 NSCA 66: #sexual offence #credibility, and R [...]

31 10, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – October 31, 2020

By |2023-02-14T03:49:51-07:00October 31st, 2020|Accused's Prior Exculpatory Statements, Charter s.7, Charter s.8, Confidential Informants, Entrapment, Evidence, Warrants|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Sanhueza, 2020 BCCA 279: accused out-of-court #statement, W(D), R v CDR, 2020 ONSC 5030: #entrapment, and R v Kohut, [...]

25 10, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – October 24, 2020

By |2020-10-25T08:14:24-06:00October 25th, 2020|Charter s.8, Impaired Operation, Sexual Assault, Sexual History s 276, Warrants|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Verrilli, 2020 NSCA 64: #unsealing ITO, R v Kapustinsky, 2020 ABQB 611: #sexual history and R v Savage, 2020 ABQB [...]

26 09, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – September 26, 2020

By |2020-10-03T07:14:39-06:00September 26th, 2020|Charter s.8, Emergency Entry, Facts for Sentence, Sentencing, Warrantless Entry into Home|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Williams, 2020 SKCA 108: #sentencing; need for facts, R v Pawar, 2020 BCCA 251: #warrantless entry into home, and R [...]

15 08, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – August 15, 2020

By |2020-08-22T07:21:34-06:00August 15th, 2020|Charter s.8, Charter s.9, CSO for Serious Offence, Safety Search, Sentencing, Strip Search|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Gomez, 2020 ABQB 439, R v P.N., 2020 ONCJ 317, R v Colligan, 2020 BCSC 1139. [...]

1 08, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – August 1, 2020

By |2020-08-01T12:24:21-06:00August 1st, 2020|21(2), Bail Hearings, Charter s.8, Party Liability, s 493 - Racialized Minorities and Gladue, Warrants, Wrong Standard|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Cooper, 2020 BCCA 206, R v West, 2020 ONCA 473, and R v E.B., 2020 ONSC 4383 [...]

21 06, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – June 21, 2020

By |2023-02-14T03:46:47-07:00June 21st, 2020|Breach of Bail, Challenge for Cause, Charter s.8, Juries, Offences, Search Incident to Arrest|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Zora, 2020 SCC 14, R v Santana, 2020 ONCA 365, and R v Johnson, 2020 ONSC 3672. [...]

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