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

R. v. HANSE, 2022 ONCA 843, NOVEMBER 30, 2022. FACTS: The accused was charged with firearm offences, contrary to the Criminal Code.  At his trial, The Crown introduced intercepted conversations

In R. v. Wheeler, 2022 ONCA 824, November 28, 2022, the accused was charged with the offence of agreeing with a person by means of telecommunication, to commit the offence

R. v. MACKINNON, 2022 ONCA 81, NOVEMBER 25, 2022. FACTS: The accused was convicted of murder.  At trial, the Crown presented a “spontaneous declaration” made by the victim (Mr. Taylor)

R. v. Antaya, 2022 ONCA 819, November 25, 2022, at paragraphs 8 and 9: It is clear that the remedial options set out in s. 742.6(9) represent a sliding scale

On November 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada released four judgments in which it considered the defence or excuse of entrapment (R. v. Ramelson, 2022 SCC 44, R. v.

In Smalling v. Satterswaite & Ors (Jamaica) [2022] UKPC 44, November 17, 2022), the police obtained a search warrant pursuant to section 115 of the Jamaican Proceeds of Crime Act

In R. v. Berry, 2022 BCCA 389, November 23, 2022, the accused was convicted of murdering his two children. He appealed from conviction, arguing, in part, that the trial judge

In R. v. M.S., 2022 BCCA 390, November 22, 2022, the accused was convicted of the offence of sexual assault. The offence involved the accused having sexual intercourse with his

R. v. Gordon, 2022 ONCA 799, November 21, 2022, at paragraphs 80 and 81: There was no basis placed before this court to find that the youth court disposition was