R. v. J.W., 2025 SCC 16, MAY 23, 2025. FACTS: The accused, an Indigenous offender, was charged with offences, including of sexual assault. After considerable delay, he entered pleas of guilty. He was
R. v. Hanna, 2025 MBCA 47, May 15, 2025, at paragraphs 43 to 46: [T]he mitigating factors in this case are common to many offenders. There is a complete absence
R. v. VERNAZA-VINCES, 2025 ONCJ 257, MAY 12, 2025. FACTS: The accused was charged with the offence of flight from the police, contrary to section 320.17 of the Criminal Code. At the end
R. v. Eldon, 2025 ONCA 348, May 6, 2025, at paragraphs 52 and 63: [I]t is critical to begin the analysis under s. 490.012(3) with the statutory presumption front and
In Barnes v. Felix, 2025 No. 23–1239 (USSC), May 15, 2025, the United States Supreme Court considered the issue of whether, in assessing the reasonableness of the use of deadly
R. v. WALTON, 2025 ONCA 368. MAY 14, 2025. FACTS: The accused was convicted by a jury of two counts of theft. She appealed from conviction arguing that the trial
R. v. UNDERWOOD, 2025 SCC 14, APRIL 17, 2025. FACTS: The accused was charged with first degree murder. He was acquitted of that charge, but convicted of second degree murder.
R. v. PAN, 2025 SCC 12, APRIL 10, 2025. FACTS: The accused were convicted of attempted murder and first degree murder. On appeal, the Ontario Court of Appeal set aside the first
The King v Ryan Churchill (a pseudonym) [2025] HCA 11, April 2, 2025, at paragraphs 3 and 4: In a trial of a sexual offence in Victoria, evidence that a
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