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Criminal law 2024 BCCA 71

Moazami v. Kent Institution (Warden)

La Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique rejette comme sans objet l’appel d’un détenu contre son transfert involontaire en sécurité maximale, faute de motif de l’entendre malgré le caractère théorique devenu.

  • Involuntary inmate transfer
  • Security classification (srs)
  • Mootness and discretionary jurisdiction
  • Right to counsel in detention
  • Standard of review
  • Involuntary-inmate-transfer
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Criminal law 2014 NSSC 225

R. v. Emmerson

The judge rejected the accused's personal-use explanation as inconsistent with the facts, accepted the expert evidence and the accused's hospital statement, and found that quantity, variety, packaging and contextual factors proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused possessed the drugs for the purpose of trafficking (including trafficking in prison).

  • Possession
  • Trafficking
  • Credibility assessment
  • Expert opinion on street value
  • Admitted evidence from charter application
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Tort 2003 BCSC 1429

Ewert v. Marshall

The court refused summary dismissal of a prison medical negligence claim over suspected appendicitis, finding conflicting expert evidence and unresolved factual issues requiring trial.

  • Standard of care
  • Expert evidence admissibility
  • Summary dismissal
  • Duty to prisoners for medical care
  • Weight of expert opinion
  • Medical-negligence
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