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

R. v. ZACHARIAS, 2023 SCC 30, DECEMBER 1, 2023. FACTS: A motor vehicle the accused driving was stopped by the police. The police placed the accused under “investigative detention”.  A

DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL AND PENAL PROSECUTIONS c. 7877994 CANADA INC., 2023 QCCA 1492, NOVEMBER 28, 2023. FACTS: The accused company was charged under the Building Act with the offence of

R. v. Abdul-Aziz, 2023 ABCA 338, November 27, 2023, at paragraphs 8 to 10: As a general rule, the fact that a judge has heard prior applications involving the same

R. v. Harry, 2023 BCCA 448, November 27, 2023, at paragraphs 23 to 28: The appellant is correct that it is an error in principle to treat an offender’s lack

R. v. PENASHUE, 2023 NLPC 1719A000947, JULY 21, 2023. FACTS:  The accused was charged with the offence of sexual assault.  Judge Strickland indicated that the accused “applied to adduce evidence

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.