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Evidence 2026 BCSC 570

R. v. Majcher

The court found the Crown met the statutory threshold under ss.31.1-31.8 for the FBI materials and admitted the proffered documents subject to targeted redactions: remove paragraphs 1 and 7 of the June 12, 2017 email and replace paragraph 3 with the edited text specified by the court; majority of Tab 2 admitted as edited and Tabs 1,3,4,5,6,7 admitted in full.

  • Admissibility
  • Redaction
  • Canada evidence act ss.31.1-31.8
  • Probative vs prejudicial
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Extradition 2025 BCSC 2211

United States of America v. Alan

In this extradition case, the court dismissed Ms. Alan's abuse of process application and refused to stay proceedings, finding no proven state misconduct by U.S. authorities.

  • Abuse of process
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Protective order breach
  • Civil settlement vs criminal prosecution
  • State misconduct
  • Disclosure and record of the case (roc)
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Extradition 2018 BCSC 612

United States of America v. Kubica

Extradition judge ordered Anton Kubica committed to await surrender on a murder request, finding the circumstantial record could support a reasonable jury verdict.

  • Committal for extradition
  • Prima facie test
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Surrender
  • Publication ban
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Criminal law 2017 BCSC 851

United States of America v. Sheck

Application for disclosure in an extradition case dismissed. The court held the Canadian transactions were peripheral to the prima facie case and did not justify a stay.

  • Money laundering
  • Disclosure of law enforcement materials
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Direction by peace officers
  • Abuse of process
  • Charter remedies
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Criminal law 2016 BCSC 2181

R. v. Nguyen

The court held that New Zealand police interceptions shared with Canadian police were foreign-obtained evidence, so the Charter did not apply and no voir dire was ordered.

  • Charter s.7
  • Charter s.8
  • Charter ss.11(c) and (d)
  • Extraterritorial application of the charter
  • Intercepted communications
  • Part vi criminal code authorization
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Extradition law 2016 BCCA 306

United States v. Kerfoot

The Court of Appeal dismissed Kerfoot’s appeal and judicial review, upholding committal and surrender in an extradition case involving US narcotics charges.

  • Committal hearing
  • Surrender/judicial review
  • Disclosure of foreign materials
  • Abuse of process
  • Availability and reliability of witness evidence
  • Mutual legal assistance (mlacma)
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Criminal law 2012 ONCA 365

United States v. Fafalios

The appeal was dismissed as an abuse of process because the Crown, having failed to raise or support privilege or international relations concerns below and having in some instances waived privilege, had reasonable alternatives to terminating the extradition proceedings; its deliberate decision to decline compliance and invite termination solely to obtain an immediate appeal was an unfair and abusive exercise of prosecutorial discretion and this court therefore refused to consider the merits of the disclosure orders.

  • Disclosure
  • Abuse of process
  • Privilege
  • Interlocutory appeals
  • Prosecutorial discretion
  • Mutual legal assistance
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Extradition 2009 BCSC 1868

United States v. Pal

In this extradition ruling, the court granted reopening and a brief adjournment after new affidavit evidence reported witness deaths and raised fairness concerns under Ferras.

  • Witness availability
  • Record of the case certification
  • Admissibility of certified evidence
  • Disclosure
  • Ferras test
  • Tarantino application
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Criminal law 2003 BCSC 15

HMTQ v. Dorsay

The court reaffirmed a child abuse exception to the Jaffee psychotherapist-patient privilege and held it applied to the accused’s Washington confessions for admissibility purposes.

  • Psychotherapist-patient privilege
  • Jaffee v. redmond
  • Child abuse exception
  • Extraterritoriality
  • Retroactivity/retrospectivity
  • Admissibility of commission hearing evidence
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Criminal law 2000 BCSC 1744

Commonwealth of Australia v. Ho

The court committed Kin Chuen Tommy Ho for extradition to Australia, finding admissible evidence that could justify trial in Canada for heroin-related conspiracy, importation and trafficking offences.

  • Conspiracy
  • Importation
  • Trafficking
  • Possession for purpose of trafficking
  • Committal for extradition
  • Admissibility of foreign certification
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