This week's top three summaries: R v Massicotte, 2026 ONCA 5269: #Crown theory , R v Suksawat, 2026 ABKB 536: s.8 grounds for #phones, R v Adriatico, 2026 ONSC 4079: NCRMD #morally wrong R v Massicotte, 2026 ONCA 526 [July 20, 2026] Court Must Evaluate Crown Legal Theory of the Offence Unless they Give Notice [Reasons by Trotter J.A. with Sossin and J. Copeland JJ.A. concurring] AUTHOR'S NOTE: The adversarial justice system depends upon the parties identifying the factual and legal issues in...

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...