CDLA YYC

Official Twitter Account of the Calgary Criminal Defence Lawyers Association - retweets don’t necessarily mean endorsement.

[CDLA YYC @CDLACalgary]

Our CDLA Champion Award went to our Past President Ian Savage for many years of work on behalf of the criminal defence bar.

[CDLA YYC @CDLACalgary]

Thank you to everyone who made our first annual Criminal Defence awards night a success last week. It was great to see so many of our members, have a chance to socialize and recognize the success of our membership in the practice of criminal defence. #CDLA

[CDLA YYC @CDLACalgary]

@KelseySitar Our 2025 Torchbearer of Justice award went to Mary Stevensen

[CDLA YYC @CDLACalgary]

Our 2025 Defence Lawyer of the Year was Rebecca Snukal K.C. Seen here with our president, @KelseySitar who handed out the award.

[Sitar & Milczarek @YYCDefence]

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

#defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw

https://t.co/alSnKH9TWG

[Sitar & Milczarek @YYCDefence]

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

#defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw

https://t.co/ECYVavaVqi

[Sitar & Milczarek @YYCDefence]

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

#defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw

https://t.co/EyCh2joGeC

[Clayton Rice, K.C. @WiretapLawyer]

Here’s my post on cyber insider, Peter Williams, who pleaded guilty to selling trade secrets, stolen from a defence contractor, to a Russian broker for $US1.3 million in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 🇺🇸 | #cybersecurity #cybercrime https://t.co/NDwiRlPVPx

[Sitar & Milczarek @YYCDefence]

This week’s top three summaries: R v Demetroff, 2025 ABCA 373: #after the fact, R v BR, 2025 ABKB 659: s.8 school #principal, R v Robinson, 2025 ABCJ 196: #witnesses

#defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw

https://t.co/DFJcCeJWGg

[Sitar & Milczarek @YYCDefence]

This week’s top three summaries: R v Bjil, 2025 SKCA 116: #technology, R v Lessard, 2025 ONCA 760: #NCRMD, R v Krelove, 2025 ONSC 6004: #domestic discharge

#defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw

https://t.co/DFJcCeJWGg

[Sitar & Milczarek @YYCDefence]

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

#defencetoolkit #legal #criminallaw

https://t.co/csoDyst7jt

[Clayton Rice, K.C. @WiretapLawyer]

Here’s my post on the use of artificial intelligence by the legal profession and a sample of rulings by Canadian courts 🇨🇦 where lawyers were criticized for filings that contained cases conjured by hallucinating AI tools | #GenAI #Lawyers #LegalEthics https://t.co/JuTCZvKBr5

[Sitar & Milczarek @YYCDefence]

⚖️ 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
#CriminalLaw #CaseLaw #AppealLawyer #TheDefenceToolkit

[CDLA YYC @CDLACalgary]

Good opinion response to politicians' populist rage against most recently overturned mandatory minimum sentence. This is why #CharterRights are necessary to protect everyone from the political and even majority whims of the moment. https://t.co/iJivms2WyH

[CDLA YYC @CDLACalgary]

Criminal Defence bar concerned with government overreach in sweeping use of notwithstanding clause by @ABDanielleSmith and the @Alberta_UCP #Red4Ed https://t.co/hRIWFKZMst

[CDLA YYC @CDLACalgary]

Criminal Defence bar speaking out against sweeping use of notwithstanding clause by @ABDanielleSmith and the @Alberta_UCP #Red4Ed https://t.co/rapllqTfpg

[CDLA YYC @CDLACalgary]

CDLA, CTLA, SADL, RDCDLA joint statement on
@Alberta_UCP and premier @ABDanielleSmith's sweeping use of the Notwithstanding Clause. #ableg #Constitution #Red4Ed

[Sitar & Milczarek @YYCDefence]

⚖️ New on The Defence Toolkit:
🧑‍⚖️ Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act — immunity from arrest
📜 Fresh Evidence after guilty plea — consent capacity revisited
🔍 Expert evidence — trial errors corrected
👉 https://t.co/4wPAZA9Kvu
#CriminalLaw #CaseLaw #TheDefenceToolkit

[Clayton Rice, K.C. @WiretapLawyer]

“Judges around the world are dealing with a growing problem: legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence and submitted with errors such as citations to cases that don’t exist” @cbussewitz 👉🏻 @AP | #courts #lawyers #AI
https://t.co/cu5N6WK0V0

[Clayton Rice, K.C. @WiretapLawyer]

Here’s my post on R. v. Liu where the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal 🇨🇦 held that the trial judge erred in admitting the expert opinion of a drug expert resulting in a miscarriage of justice and ordered a new trial | #FairTrials #ExpertEvidence #DrugLaw https://t.co/k6aKd47zH6