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Criminal law 2019 BCSC 1353

R. v. Jerome

The court held the Crown could disclose stayed-charge materials to the s. 753.01 assessor, with a cover letter noting the allegations were not proven.

  • Remand assessment
  • Disclosure to court-appointed assessor
  • Stayed charges and use of unproven allegations
  • Weight vs admissibility of expert opinion
  • Long-term supervision order breach
  • Indeterminate sentence application
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Criminal law 2014 BCSC 2556

R. v. Ferguson

The court dismissed the Crown’s request to direct a s. 752.1 assessor to restate risk opinions and refused a second assessment, finding the report sufficient.

  • Section 752.1 assessment
  • Risk assessment and management
  • Expert witness scope and limits
  • Application for directions to assessor
  • Request for second assessment
  • Section-752-1-assessment
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Criminal law 2011 BCSC 1926

R. v. Goldberg

The court ordered a psychiatric or psychological assessment for sentencing as part of a pre-sentence report, finding a logical nexus to the offender’s conduct and background.

  • Pre-sentence report
  • Psychiatric/psychological assessment
  • Non-consensual assessment
  • Criminal code s.721 and s.723
  • Pre-sentence-report
  • Psychiatric-assessment
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Criminal law 2010 BCCA 498

R. v. Gain

Court of Appeal upheld Michael Gain’s dangerous offender designation and indeterminate sentence, finding no misapprehension of evidence, burden shift, or expert-evidence error.

  • Dangerous offender designation
  • Sexual assault
  • Risk assessment
  • Expert evidence
  • Treatment programs
  • Onus/burden of proof
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Criminal law 2002 BCCA 527

R. v. Cooper

The Court of Appeal upheld a dangerous offender designation, holding the sentencing judge reasonably relied on expert evidence and the appellant’s sexual offending history.

  • Dangerous offender designation
  • Long-term offender provisions
  • Treatability/intractability
  • Sexual offences
  • Expert evidence and credibility
  • Standard of appellate review
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Criminal law 2002 BCSC 567

R. v. W.G. Brown

The court declared William Gibson Brown a dangerous offender under the Criminal Code and ordered an indeterminate sentence after finding his conduct deeply intractable.

  • Dangerous offender designation
  • Long-term offender
  • Sexual assault
  • Treatability analysis
  • Risk assessment
  • Parole review
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