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

SENTENCING-ATTEMPTS

R. v. Devein [2023] NICA 40, June 16, 2023, at paragraph 12: We agree with the prosecution that there is no proposition of law that a sentence for a preparatory

DRUG RECOGNITION EVALUATION EVIDENCE

R. v. SIDHU, 2023 ABCA 184, JUNE 15, 2023. FACTS: The accused was convicted of the offence of impaired driving causing death. At his trial, the Crown presented evidence from

EVIDENCE IN SEXUAL OFFENCES PROSECUTIONS

On May 23, 2023, the Law Commission (England and Wales) released a consultation paper entitled Evidence in Sexual Offences Prosecutions. The consultation paper was designed to review the “current law”

EVIDENCE-NON-EXPERT OPINION EVIDENCE

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

SENTENCE-IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES

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”

OFFENCES-BREACH OF PROBATION

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