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

R. v. PETERS, 2023 MBCA 96, NOVEMBER 1, 2023. FACTS: The accused was convicted of the offence of sexual assault.  The evidence at the trial established that the accused and

R. v. GENGE, 2023 NLCA 35, NOVEMBER 23, 2023. FACTS:  After a motor vehicle accident in which a person was killed, the police seized the vehicle. The police searched the

R. v. OLSON, 2023 BCCA 430, NOVEMBER 24, 2023. FACTS: The accused was sentenced to a period of 11.5 years of imprisonment for having committed a number of weapon offences.

R. v. ROBBINS, 2023 MBPC 57, NOVEMBER 16, 2023. FACTS:  The police received a complaint of an impaired driver from a personal care home where the accused was visiting his

R. v. SINGER, 2023 SKCA 123, NOVEMBER 15, 2023. FACTS: The police received a complaint that the accused might be driving while impaired. The police located a motor vehicle matching

The Scottish Sentencing Council has released a “sentencing guideline” for offences involving the causing of death by driving (causing death by dangerous driving; causing death by careless driving while under

R. v. K.C., 2023 BCCA 411, NOVEMBER 16, 2023. FACTS: The accused was convicted of the offence of sexual assault.  At the trial, the Crown presented evidence of a conversation

R. v. DAVIDOV, 2023 ONCA 766, NOVEMBER 14, 2023. FACTS:  The accused was convicted of the offence of importation of a controlled substance. At his trial, the Crown did not