This week’s top three summaries: R v Townsend, 2025 BCCA 459: #after the fact, R v ZML, 2025 ONCA 872: accused #fabrication, R v Meeko, 2025 NUCA 12: #bad character
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This week’s top three summaries: R v Carignan, 2025 SCC 43: s.9 #arrest, R v Stuart, 2025 ABCA 404: #cross & s.276, R v Linklater, 2025 MBCA 104: #eye-witness ID
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and the Manitoba Court of Appeal overturning a conviction and replacing it with an acquittal (wow, yes I said the Manitoba Court of Appeal), I knew the holiday spirit had taken a hold of the courts. /3
This week's top three summaries: R v McDonald, 2025 ONCA 807: Browne v Dunn, R v Brennan, 2025 ONSC 6116: s.8 #marijuana smell, R v MR, 2025 ONCA 789: #appeal bail
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This week’s top three summaries: R v Whitlock, 2025 ONSC 6006: #remand s.12, R v EJ, 2025 ONSC 6016: #self-defence, R v CB, 2025 ONSC 6004: cross-count #similar fact
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⚖️ The Defence Toolkit:
🧑⚖️ Mandatory Minimum Sentences — reasonably foreseeable scenarios.
📜 Sexual Assault — Mens Rea absent a mistake defence.
🔍 Rights — intoxicated and rude accused.
Full post 👉 https://t.co/TmzqEPTeAb
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