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Smordin Law | Criminal Law Blog
3y ago
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
CITATION: R. v. Pineda, 2019 ONCA 935
DATE: 20191127
DOCKET: C62380
Watt, Miller and Fairburn JJ.A.
BETWEEN
Her Majesty the Queen
Respondent
and
Chris Denny Pineda
Appellant
Naomi M.
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3y ago
Unreasonable delay results in conviction being set aside and stay of proceedings. Read the case below.
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
CITATION: R. v. Shaikh, 2019 ONCA 895
DATE: 20191113
DOCKET: C64925
Watt,
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3y ago
Man sentenced to 6 years for the attempted murder of his father
Sandee Smordin speaks to reporters following the sentencing of her client who pled guilty to Attempt Murder of his father. In a difficult case where the Crown wanted 9 years Ms.
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3y ago
Delay in access to legal advice following arrest in accused’s home results in conviction being overturned and substituted acquittal being entered. Read the case below.
Ontario Court of Appeal, Toronto
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
CITATION: R.
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3y ago
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crown error
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
CITATION: R. v. Williams, 2019 ONCA 846
DATE: 20191028
DOCKET: C61373
Juriansz, Pepall and Roberts JJ.A.
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3y ago
A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision has resulted in a new trial due to impermissible speculation. The Crown in their submissions to the jury presented a theory that crossed the line into impermissible speculation.
The COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
CITATION: R.
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3y ago
After stabbing her husband with a steak knife during a heated argument, Tara Lynn Koiter applied first aid and called for help.
“She didn’t appreciate the harm that was done,” Koiter’s lawyer, Sandee Smordin, told Ontario Court Justice Stephen Glithero.
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3y ago
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2018/05/16/time-served-in-stabbing-death#.Wv2WHRIuJw4.link
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3y ago
RIPPLE EFFECTS OF SUPREME COURT’s DECISION IN R. v. JORDAN (2016)
Supreme Court of Canada may not envisioned the future effects of it’s decision in R. v. Jordan when it held that trials in Provincial Courts should be held within 18 months,
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3y ago
What is Warrantless Entry and Exigent Circumstances?
A man’s home is his castle. Therefore, a person’s house is afforded much more protection of privacy than, for example, a person’s motor vehicle being driven on a public highway.
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