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Summaries of the best recent criminal cases for anyone arguing the side of the defence. Links to actual cases on Canlii are included. The summaries are searchable by topic. Stop wasting your time and look here first.

4 08, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – August 4, 2019

By |2019-08-04T08:47:35-06:00August 4th, 2019|Answering Jury Questions, Complainant Prior Sexual Acts, Evidence, Excusing Juror, Failure to Relate Facts to Legal Issues, Hearing Inadmissible Evidence, Ineffective Assistance, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v R.V., 2019 SCC 41, R v J.B., 2019 ONCA 591, and R v Finck, 2019 NSCA 60. [...]

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27 07, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – July 27, 2019

By |2019-07-27T08:32:18-06:00July 27th, 2019|Conditional Discharge, Excessive Judicial Intervention, Insulting Defence Counsel, Sentencing, Setting Aside Guilty Plea|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Said, 2019 ONCA 378, R v Chowdhury, 2019 ABCA 205, and R v Espinoza-Ortega, 2019 ONCA 545. [...]

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20 07, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – July 20, 2019

By |2019-07-24T06:06:00-06:00July 20th, 2019|Charter s.8, Charter s.9, Charter s24(2), Low Punishment Offence, Ruse Traffic Stops, The Plain View Doctrine, Uncategorized|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Mayor, 2019 ONCA 578, R v Mohamed, 2019 ABQB 499, and R v Young, 2019 ONSC 3563. [...]

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15 07, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – July 15, 2019

By |2019-07-15T09:22:47-06:00July 15th, 2019|Charter s.8, Consent Fight, Group on Group Violence, Party Liability, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Labelle, 2019 ONCA 557, R v Strathdee, 2019 ABQB 479, and R v Murdock, 2019 NSPC 15. [...]

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7 07, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – July 7, 2019

By |2019-07-07T08:57:07-06:00July 7th, 2019|Charter 11(b), Evidence, Exceptional Circumstances, Offences, Prior Consistent Statements, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v GF, 2019 ONCA 493, R v King, 2019 ABQB 467, and R v DC, 2019 ONCA 442. [...]

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29 06, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – June 29, 2019

By |2019-06-29T08:16:50-06:00June 29th, 2019|Circumstantial Evidence, Duty of Non-Partisanship, Evidence, Expert Evidence, Facts not Advanced by Defence, Self-Defence|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Fougere, 2019 ONCA 505, R v Donogue, 2019 ONCA 534, and R v Dupe, 2019 ONCJ 320. [...]

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22 06, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – June 22, 2019

By |2019-06-22T08:44:14-06:00June 22nd, 2019|Accused's Prior Exculpatory Statements, Appeals, Evidence, Expert Evidence, Ineffective Assistance, Police Drug Experts|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Baksza, 2019 ABCA 237, R v AWH, 2019 NSCA 40, and R v Breau, 2019 NSSC 181. [...]

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16 06, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – June 16, 2019

By |2019-06-16T07:00:50-06:00June 16th, 2019|Charter s.8, Evidence, Eye-Witness Identification, Juries, Jury Charge - Analytical Order, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, Relevence|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Baker, 2019 BCCA 199, R v Bao, 2019 ONCA 458, and R v Vey, 2019 SKQB 35. [...]

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7 06, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – June 7, 2019

By |2019-06-07T09:11:51-06:00June 7th, 2019|Charter 10(b), Charter 11(b), Circumstantial Evidence, Evidence, Exceptional Circumstances, Possession, Search of Cell Incident to Arrest|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Mahamud, 2019 SKQB 115, R v Herman, 2019 SKPC 21, and R v Knight, 2019 ONSC 2443. [...]

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