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Criminal law 2001 BCCA 617

R. v. Larsen

Court
British Columbia Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for British Columbia denied judicial interim release pending appeal in a first-degree murder case, finding the public-interest test in s. 679(3) was not met.

  • Judicial interim release
  • Bail pending appeal
  • Public interest vs enforceability
  • Destruction of evidence
  • Dna evidence
  • Hearsay - principled exception
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Constitutional law [1998] 3 SCR 339

R. v. Arp

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court upheld convictions after holding that similar fact evidence may be pooled on a balance of probabilities and that consented hair samples could later be used for DNA analysis.

  • Similar fact evidence standard of proof
  • Presumption of innocence
  • Search and seizure
  • Consent to bodily samples
  • Dna evidence admissibility
  • Jury instructions
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