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

EVIDENCE-RES GESTAE

References by His Majesty’s Advocate against PG and JM, [2024] HCJAC 43, October 30, 2024, at paragraph 19: The following have been accepted as falling within the res gestae: (i)

HEARSAY-COMPUTERIZED DOCUMENTS

AEB & ORS, R. v [2024] EWCA CRIM 1320, NOVEMBER 1, 2024. FACTS:  The accused were charged with money laundering charges involving Apple gift cards.  During the investigation, the police

PRIOR CONSISTENT STATEMENTS

R. v. B.B., 2024 ONCA 788, at paragraphs 15 to 18: Prior consistent statements are presumptively inadmissible… There are exceptions to the rule against prior consistent statements being received into

EVIDENCE-HEARSAY-WITNESS STATEMENT

R. v. CHARLES, 2024 SCC 29, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024. FACTS: The accused was charged with a number of offences, including assault with a weapon. At his trial, the Crown called KA as

EVIDENCE-SPONTANEOUS UTTERANCES

R. v. R.A., 2024 ONCA 696, SEPTEMBER 19, 2024. FACTS: The accused was charged with the offence of sexual assault.  It was alleged that he sexually assaulted his eleven year-old