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Criminal law 2020 BCSC 1425

R. v. Tait

On a voir dire in a manslaughter trial, the court excluded most proposed defence evidence as irrelevant to what the officer knew when he acted, but allowed limited expert evidence on impaired driving.

  • Self-defence
  • Statutory defences ss.25 and 34 criminal code
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Objective vs subjective reasonableness
  • Expert evidence
  • Officer‑generated jeopardy
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