Category: Appeals

The Fatal Flaw in Jury Instructions: Cross-Count Reasoning and Propensity Evidence

March 19, 2025
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Probation Orders: Rehabilitative or Punitive?

January 29, 2024
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What You Should Know About Criminal Law Appeals

November 29, 2023
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Supreme Court of Canada Establishes Threshold for Dismissing Applications for Stay of Proceedings

June 30, 2023
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Supreme Court of Canada Orders Stay of Proceedings Following Crown’s Delay

May 31, 2023
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Court of Appeal Finds Principle of Restraint Not Considered in Sentencing

November 11, 2022
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Supreme Court of Canada Lowers Evidentiary Standard for Proving Aiding and Abetting

February 11, 2022
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SCC Allows Appellate Courts to Set Starting Points for Sentencing

November 19, 2021
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Murder by Failing the Duty to Protect

September 17, 2021
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How Does an Assault Become an “Aggravated Assault”?

August 27, 2021
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