Goodwin v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles)
2015 SCC 46 · Supreme Court of Canada · impaired driving
Goodwin v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles)
2015 SCC 46
Supreme Court of Canada — Karakatsanis J. (majority), McLachlin C.J. (dissenting in part) | October 16, 2015
Background
In 2010, British Columbia introduced the Automatic …
R v Abdulatif
2017 ONSC · Ontario Superior Court of Justice · possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking
R. v. Abdulatif
2017 ONSC, Court File No. CR-15-90000343-000
Ontario Superior Court of Justice — Himel J. | February 27, 2017
Background
On a busy Saturday afternoon in June 2014, Detective Constable Merritt was conducting plainclothes …
R v Calderon
[2002] O.J. No. 2583
R v Doroslovac
[2012] ONCA 680 · Ontario Court of Appeal · trafficking in cocaine
R. v. Doroslovac
2012 ONCA 680
Court of Appeal for Ontario — Winkler C.J.O., Laskin and Watt JJ.A. | October 10, 2012
Background
In May 2008, police were investigating Slavko Ilic and Milenko Doroslovac for drug …
R v Fearon
2013 ONCA 106 · Court of Appeal for Ontario · robbery with a firearm
R. v. Fearon
2013 ONCA 106
Court of Appeal for Ontario — MacPherson, Armstrong and Watt JJ.A. | February 20, 2013
Background
Kevin Fearon was arrested for armed robbery after a jewellery vendor was held up …
R v Fearon, [2014] SCC 77
[2014] SCC 77
R v Feron [2013] ONCA 106
[2013] ONCA 106
R v Hancin
Unreported · Ontario Provincial Court (Criminal Division) · speeding
R. v. Hancin
Provincial Court (Criminal Division)
Newmarket Courthouse — Judge H.E. Zimmerman | August 18, 1988
Background
Michael Hancin was charged with speeding (121 km/hr in an 80 km/hr zone) and operating a motor vehicle …
R v McPhail
2011 ONCJ 315 · Ontario Court of Justice · impaired driving and over 80
R. v. McPhail
2011 ONCJ 315
Ontario Court of Justice — Justice J.A. Maresca | June 8, 2011
Background
David McPhail was arrested on September 21, 2008, for impaired driving and driving "over 80" in Brampton. …
R. v. Papadopoulos
2026 ONCA 733 · Court of Appeal for Ontario · Possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking; four firearms-related offences; possession of property obtained by crime
Summary
After inaccurate and prejudicial assertions were excised and omitted information added, the edited ITO still supported a credibly based probability of trafficking and a case-specific nexus to the Elantra. The court upheld the warrant and convictions while stressing an …
R v Paterson
[2017] SCC 15 · Supreme Court of Canada · possession of controlled substances for trafficking
R. v. Paterson
2017 SCC 15
Supreme Court of Canada — Brown J. (majority), Moldaver J. (dissenting) | March 17, 2017
Background
In November 2007, RCMP officers responded to a 911 call from Brendan Paterson's girlfriend …
R v Reeves
2018 SCC 56 · Supreme Court of Canada · possessing child pornography
R. v. Reeves
2018 SCC 56
Supreme Court of Canada — Karakatsanis J. (majority), Moldaver J. and Côté J. (concurring) | December 13, 2018
Background
Thomas Reeves shared a home with his common-law spouse Nicole Gravelle. …
R v Telus Communications Co.
[2011] ONSC 1143 · Ontario Superior Court of Justice · general warrant challenge
Her Majesty the Queen v. Telus Communications Company
2011 ONSC 1143
Superior Court of Justice — Sproat J. | March 4, 2011
Background
Police obtained a General Warrant requiring Telus to produce all text messages sent …
R v Vu
[2013] 3 SCR 657 · Supreme Court of Canada · production of marijuana
R. v. Vu
2013 SCC 60, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 657
Supreme Court of Canada — Cromwell J. (unanimous) | November 7, 2013
Background
Thanh Long Vu was charged with marijuana production, possession for trafficking, and theft …
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