by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 14, 2024 | Conditional Sentence, Res Gestae, The Principled Exception
This week’s top three summaries: R v Boucher, 2024 ABKB 707: #principled exception, R v Boucher, 2024 ABKB 722: s.8: res gestae & #silent adoption, and R v Vandal-Lauman, 2024 ABKB 667: conditional #sentence R v Boucher, 2024 ABKB 707 [November 5, 2024] The...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 7, 2024 | Charter s.8, Sexual History s 276, Voluntariness
This week’s top three summaries: R v TD, 2024 ABKB 605: #voluntariness, R v Williams, 2024 ONSC 6707: s.8: indiscernible items, and R v Gorges, 2024 ONCA 870: s.276 #procedure R v TD, 2024 ABKB 605 [October 11, 2024] Voluntariness – Oppressive Conditions...
by Pawel Milczarek | Dec 2, 2024 | Bad Character Evidence, Party Liability, Self-Defence
This week’s top three summaries: R v Tanner, 2024 MBCA 87: #self-defence, R v RPP, 2024 SKCA 102: #bad character, and R v Newby, 2024 ABCA 360: #parties to trafficking R v Tanner, 2024 MBCA 87 [November 6, 2024] Self Defence: Alternatives are Considered Relative...
by Pawel Milczarek | Nov 9, 2024 | Browne v Dunn, Charter 10(b), Ineffective Assistance
This week’s top three summaries: R v Samuels, 2024 ONCA 786: s10(b)/24(2) SW #delay, R v Stettner, 2024 SKCA 101: #ineffective appeal, and R v BB, 2024 ONCA 788: Browne v Dunn #jury R v Samuels, 2024 ONCA 786 [October 28, 2024] Charter s.10(b)/24(2) Delay of...
by Pawel Milczarek | Nov 2, 2024 | Mental Health Mitigation, Possession, Recovered Memory
This week’s top three summaries: R v Roy, 2024 SKCA 98: #possession, R v Gill, 2024 ABKB 623: recovered #memory, and R v Russel, 2024 BCCA 353: mental health #mitigation R v Roy, 2024 SKCA 98 [October 22, 2024] Circumstantial Evidence of Possession [Reasons by...