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

R. v. McLean, 2022 MBCA 60, June 30, 2022, at paragraphs 43 to 45: The conditions for a trier of fact drawing an adverse inference in a criminal case are:

R. v. J.J., 2022 SCC 28, JUNE 30, 2022. FACTS:  The accused (JJ and Shane Reddick) were charged with the offence of sexual assault.  They sought to introduce private records

Cavallo v R [2022] NZCA 276, June 30, 2022, at paragraphs 62 and 63: Our assessment of the evidence — set out at [34]–[46] above — is as follows: (a)

R. v. A.J.K., 2022 ONCA 487, June 24, 2022, at paragraphs 48 to 50: Where an accused testifies, their criminal record is presumptively admissible for purposes of assessing their credibility

In R. v. A.J.K., 2022 ONCA 487, June 24, 2022, the accused was convicted of the offence of sexual assault.  At his trial, the Crown called the complainant’s mother as

In R. v. Breese, 2022 ONCA 482, June 22, 2022, the accused was charged with various offences arising out of a robbery.  He was self-represented at his trial.  He testified

In R. v. Hussein, 2022 ABCA 219, June 15, 2022, the accused was charged with the offences of extortion and unlawful confinement. At the trial, the “complainant was unable to

In R. v. Potoreyko, 2022 SKCA 71, June 10, 2022, the accused was convicted of the offence of resisting arrest, contrary to section 129(a) of the Criminal Code. The trial

In R. v. Siwicki, 2022 MBCA 53, June 10, 2022, the accused and the Crown agreed to transfer a criminal matter to another judicial district within the province for a