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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 772

R. v. Saed

The court held no separate leave was needed for a Garofoli application and allowed the accused to proceed, finding the proposed challenge was not manifestly frivolous.

  • Search and seizure
  • Section 8 charter
  • Garofoli application
  • Vukelich threshold
  • Manifestly frivolous summary dismissal
  • Information to obtain (ito)
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Criminal law 2023 BCSC 487

R. v. Dubensky

The court dismissed a Vukelich application challenging a search-warrant ITO, holding that even after excision and proposed additions, the warrant could still issue.

  • Section 8 charter
  • Search warrant validity
  • Ito (information to obtain)
  • Vukelich threshold
  • Garofoli/grounds for cross-examination
  • Facial and sub‑facial challenge
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Criminal law 2022 BCSC 690

R. v. Hayer

The court dismissed a pre-trial Vukelich application seeking an evidentiary voir dire on the manner of two residential searches.

  • Search warrant execution
  • Vukelich threshold
  • Manner of search
  • Section 8 charter
  • Evidentiary voir dire
  • Search-warrant-execution
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Criminal law 2021 BCCA 34

R. v. Johnston

The Court of Appeal upheld most trial findings in the Surrey Six murders appeal, but quashed the convictions and remitted the stay applications for an evidentiary hearing.

  • Stay of proceedings
  • Informer privilege
  • Disclosure obligations (stinchcombe)
  • Abuse of process (babos)
  • Party liability (s.21)
  • Circumstantial evidence and inferences
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Criminal law 2019 BCCA 259

R. v. Edwardsen

Mr. Edwardsen’s conviction appeal was dismissed. The court held he validly waived attendance for the evidence tendered in his absence, and no voir dire was required on the renewed Charter issues.

  • Waiver of right to be present
  • Voir dire
  • Standing to challenge search
  • Vukelich threshold
  • Judicial authorizations/warrants
  • Video surveillance
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Charter 2018 BCSC 661

R. v. Gill

The court dismissed a Charter application at the Vukelich threshold, finding no reasonable basis for a hearing on alleged pre-charge and post-conviction delay.

  • Pre-charge delay
  • Post-conviction delay
  • Section 11(b)
  • Section 7
  • Vukelich threshold
  • Jordan framework
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