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Criminal law 2018 BCSC 877

R. v. Cox

The court held the accused lacked a reasonable expectation of privacy in intercepted ransom calls, so s. 8 was not engaged and the Charter challenge failed.

  • Standing to challenge interceptions
  • Reasonable expectation of privacy
  • Criminal code s.184.4 emergency interception
  • Application of r. v. marakah and r. v. jones
  • Voice identification
  • Joint venture liability
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Criminal law 2014 BCSC 1876

R. v. Ali

The court granted limited leave to cross-examine Sgt. Kim on why he omitted a police-issued BlackBerry from his affidavit supporting a wiretap authorization.

  • Wiretap authorization
  • Cross-examination
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Agent communications
  • Blackberry enterprise server (bes)
  • Jsi interception
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Criminal law 2012 BCSC 994

R. v. Sanghera

The court allowed evidence intended to help correct or fill gaps in intercepted-communication transcripts, holding its weight would be assessed later at trial.

  • Admissibility
  • Secondary evidence
  • Transcript correction
  • Audio recordings
  • Weight of evidence
  • Evidence
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Criminal law 2008 BCSC 1478

R. v. Hernandez

Oral ruling on a Vukelich application limiting the scope of a voir dire on intercepted calls, including issues under s. 184.4, s. 184.4(c), voice identification, and s. 24(2).

  • Wiretap/interception
  • Section 184.4 constitutionality
  • Section 184.4(c) applicability
  • Authorization sufficiency (p-18, p-19)
  • Voice identification and standing
  • Section 24(2) canada evidence act
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Criminal law 2003 BCSC 2044

R. v. Lee

The court ruled on an application to exclude or edit intercepted private communications, admitting most calls as relevant while excluding calls 231 and 232 and parts of calls 52, 56, 60 and 75.

  • Admissibility of intercepted communications
  • Probative value vs prejudicial effect
  • Similar fact/bad character evidence
  • Crown concessions and their effect
  • Intercepted-communications
  • Bad-character-evidence
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Criminal law 2002 BCSC 459

R. v. Pritchard

Pre-trial voir dire on editing police statements and intercepted calls in a murder case. The court admitted much of the material, but ordered specific excisions.

  • Admissibility of statements
  • Editing of recorded evidence
  • Probative vs prejudicial balancing
  • Use of false alibi evidence
  • Audibility and transcripts
  • Judicial discretion to exclude evidence
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Criminal law 2001 BCSC 1223

R. v. Chow

The court refused a defence request for a voir dire and cross-examination of the affiant, finding no sufficient basis to show the wiretap affidavit was knowingly misleading.

  • Wiretap authorizations
  • Informant evidence
  • Voir dire
  • Misleading affidavits
  • Corroboration
  • Exclusion of evidence
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Criminal law [1988] 1 SCR 617

R. v. Lafrance

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal and upheld the Alberta Court of Appeal’s order for a new trial in a criminal interception-of-communications case.

  • Interception of communications
  • Authorization to intercept
  • Wiretap warrants
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Conspiracy to traffic in narcotics
  • Interception-of-communications
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