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

R. v. DIAKITE, 2023 MBCA 42, MAY 11, 2023. FACTS: The accused was convicted of the offence of sexual assault. He appealed, arguing that the trial judge erred in applying

R. v. FREEDLAND, 2023 ONCA 386, MAY 30, 2023. FACTS: The accused was convicted of the offence of counselling extortion. At his trial, a store clerk, who sold a shotgun

R. v. Chahal, 2023 ABCJ 106, May 9, 2023, at paragraph 63: In summary (as the law relates to the case at bar): 1. A permanent resident can become “inadmissible”

R. v. Fox, 2023 BCCA 198, May 15, 2023, at paragraph 42: Section 733.1 of the Criminal Code makes it an offence to fail or refuse to comply with a

In R. v. Penner, 2023 BCCA 191, May 8, 2023, the British Columbia Court of Appeal concluded that the four-year minimum mandatory sentence contained within section 236(a) of the Criminal

In R. v. Hanan, 2023 SCC 12, May 5, 2023, the accused was charged with a number of offences in December, 2015.  The trial ended on November 28, 2019.  The

In Cook, R. v [2023] EWCA Crim 452, April 4, 2023, the Court of Appeal considered the approach to sentencing for the offence of non-fatal strangulation, contrary section 75A to

In R. v. Haevischer, 2023 SCC 11, April 28, 2023, the accused was charged with the offence of murder.  He applied for a stay of proceedings to be entered, arguing

R. v. Knauff, 2023 BCCA 174, April 19, 2023, at paragraph 27: It is an error in principle to treat post-offence convictions as an aggravating factor warranting the imposition of