Keeping Up Is Hard to Do:
A Trial Judge’s Reading Blog

In R. v. E.Z.O., 2023 BCCA 122, March 6, 2023, the accused, a young offender, was  convicted of a number of offences. A custodial sentence, followed by a period of

In R. v. Downes, 2023 SCC 6, March 10, 2023, the accused was convicted of the offence of voyeurism, contrary to section 162(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. He had surreptitiously

R. v. Jimmy, 2023 SKCA 28, March 1, 2023, at paragraphs 53 to 55: Parity does not mean uniformity in sentencing. It does not shift the court’s focus away from

R. v. Jimmy, 2023 SKCA 28 March 1, 2023, at paragraphs 22 to 25 and 29: In light of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Gladue and R v Ipeelee, 2012 SCC 13, [2012] 1

R. v. McKnight, 2023 ABCA 72, March 1, 2023, at paragraph 35: Where consecutive sentences are imposed, the trial judge is obliged to look at the total sentence to ensure

R. v. N.C., 2023 ONCJ 83, February 23, 2023, at paragraph 50, per De Filippis J.:       This case is not one, like Schneider, in which a witness testified about one

In R. v. Abdelrazzaq, 2023 ONCA 112, February 22, 2023, the accused pleaded guilty to the offences of possession of cocaine for the purposes of trafficking and possession of the

Allen v. R., 2023 NSSC 58, February 27, 2023, at paragraph 27: A Peace Bond is a preventative tool not a punitive one. Agreeing to a Peace Bond is not

In R. v. Schuster, 2023 ONCJ 79, February 13, 2023, the accused filed an application arguing that sections 9 and 10(b) of the Charter had been infringed by the police.