Alberta Court of Appeal Confirms Extraterritorial Production Orders in Criminal Cases
A production order requires the custodian of documents (usually a company or organization) to deliver or make available the documents to...
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Federal Government Enacts New Extreme Intoxication Law
In response to the Supreme Court of Canada decisions that s. 33.1 Criminal Code violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is of no...
Supreme Court of Canada declares Criminal Code provisions unconstitutional twice in the same month
May of 2022 was a significant month in the development of criminal law in Canada. On May 24, 2022, the Supreme Court declared section...
Courts of Appeal: Conditional Sentence Orders For Child Porn and Firearms Cases
A Conditional Sentence Order (CSO) is a form of incarceration. The purpose of the conditional sentence is to reduce the reliance on...
Confusing Jury Instructions Result in Successful Appeal of Importation Case
In a recent British Columbia Court of Appeal decision convictions for unlawful importation of a controlled substance and possession of a...
Stay of Proceedings Restored: Alberta Court of Appeal Upholds Ruling on Unreasonable Delay
Any person charged with an offence has the right to be tried within a reasonable time. Section 11(b) of the Charter of Rights and...
Bad Jury Instructions Result in Successful Murder Appeal
Murder is the most serious offence in the Criminal Code. When an accused is charged with murder , the Criminal Code requires the trial...
Deals Have Limits: Majority of Alberta Court of Appeal reduces manslaughter sentence by half
On January 12, 2021, a majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal reduced an accused’s 18-year jail sentence to nine years. At first blush,...
Bill C-4: Canada Bans Conversion Therapy in 2022
On January 7, 2022, Federal law banning conversion therapy came into effect. Bill C-4 amends the Criminal Code of Canada to create four...
The Sherman Murders: Stargazing Suspects and Gait Analysis
On December 14, 2021, the CBC along with other major news outlets published new details in the investigation of the killings of Barry and...