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13 04, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – April 13, 2024: “Murder Advice”

By |2024-04-13T08:53:16-06:00April 13th, 2024|Bad Character Evidence, Common Sense Assumptions, Credibility, Failure to Consider Accused Evidence, Mr. Big Evidence, Probative v Prejudicial|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Amin, 2024 ONCA 237: #Mr Big and #murder advice, R v Patel, 2024 NSCA 40: #common [...]

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23 03, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – March 23, 2024: Guns Exclusion on Rights to Counsel

By |2024-03-23T10:49:49-06:00March 23rd, 2024|Accused Testimony - Bare Denial, Charter s24(2), Collusion, Credibility, Juries, Jury Charge - Isolating Evidence, s.10(b) Violation|1 Comment

This week's top three summaries: R v Whittaker, 2024 ONCA 182: 24(2) on rights to #counsel, R v RI, 2024 ONCA 185: bare [...]

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24 02, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – February 24, 2024: “A single photo”

By |2024-02-24T08:27:05-07:00February 24th, 2024|Eye-Witness Identification, Hearsay, Juries, Prosecution Closing, Res Gestae|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Shaw, 2024 ONCA 119: #Crown closing, stranger ID, R v Pelletier, 2024 SKCA 12: #spontaneous utterance, [...]

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17 02, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – February 17, 2024: “Crown onus”

By |2024-02-17T10:52:25-07:00February 17th, 2024|Fundamental Concepts, NCRMD, Onus on a Defence, Possession|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Refaeh, 2024 ONSC 755: #onus on driving offence, R v Ozipko, 2024 SKCA 9: NCR #release, [...]

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27 01, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – January 26, 2024 “Extrinsic Evidence”

By |2024-01-27T08:59:56-07:00January 27th, 2024|Evidence, Judicial Notice, Possession, Prior Consistent Statements|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v R.M., 2023 BCCA 455: judicial #notice, R v S.C., 2023 ONCA 832: prior #consistent stmt, and [...]

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20 01, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – January 20, 2024 “Off-the-Record Conversations”

By |2024-01-20T09:37:38-07:00January 20th, 2024|Experts, Opinion Evidence, Police Drug Experts, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  KJMJ, 2023 NSCA 84: #bias, R v Moreira, 2023 ONCA 807: lay #opinion, and R v [...]

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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, [...]

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28 10, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – October 28, 2023: “An Inferential Gap”

By |2023-10-28T10:30:19-06:00October 28th, 2023|Defences, Evidence, NCRMD, Possession, Similar Fact|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Jackson, 2023 ONSC 5707: #knowledge & possession, R v Shylga, 2023 ABKB 583: #NCRMD, and R [...]

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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, [...]

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