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Criminal law 2018 BCCA 74

R. v. Watson

The Court of Appeal dismissed Alan Kenneth Watson’s appeal from a child pornography conviction, finding his police statement admissible and the trial judge’s image findings supportable.

  • Child pornography
  • Right to counsel s.10(b)
  • Charter s.7
  • Voluntariness of statements
  • Representative sampling of electronic evidence
  • Double jeopardy (kienapple)
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Habeas corpus 2017 BCSC 183

Dixon v. Mountain Institution (Warden)

The court dismissed Mr. Dixon’s habeas corpus application, holding that refusal of full parole is not reviewable by habeas corpus and parole revocation issues belong in the CCRA/FCA review scheme.

  • Denial and revocation of parole
  • Jurisdiction of parole board
  • Certiorari in aid of habeas corpus
  • Disclosure of surveillance materials
  • Search of personal electronic devices
  • Scope of habeas corpus vs federal court review
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Criminal law 2016 BCSC 2508

R. v. Stewart

The court set aside a DNA warrant after finding the excised affidavit did not establish reasonable probability that Colin Stewart was a party to the murder.

  • Dna warrant
  • Search authorization under s.487.05(1)
  • Party to offence under s.21(1)
  • Reasonable grounds/credible-based probability
  • Facial challenge to warrant
  • Dna-warrant
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Criminal law 2012 NSPC 2

R. v. Cater

Arrest of Kyle Cater was lawful on January 15, 2009; the seizure of his Samsung cell phone was a lawful search incident to that arrest; on these facts the delayed forensic analysis conducted by qualified personnel without a warrant did not violate s.8 because the device was an unsophisticated non-smart phone, seized in a Part VI wiretap investigation, processed according to best practices, and the search was truly incidental to the arrest; alternatively, even if a technical breach occurred the s.24(2) factors weigh against exclusion of the evidence.

  • Search incident to arrest
  • Warrantless forensic search of cell phone
  • Reasonable expectation of privacy
  • Charter s.8
  • Charter s.24(2) exclusion
  • Part vi wiretap context
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