R v Barton

JudgeThe Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Fraser,The Honourable Mr. Justice Jack Watson,The Honourable Madam Justice Sheilah Martin
Date30 June 2017
Docket Number1503-0091-A
Citation2017 ABCA 216
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)

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  • R. v. R.V.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 12, 2021
    ...R. v. Plein, 2018 ONCA 748, 365 C.C.C. (3d) 437; R. v. Chase, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 293; R. v. Ewanchuk, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 330; R. v. Barton, 2017 ABCA 216, 55 Alta. L.R. (6th) 1, aff’d 2019 SCC 33; R. v. Cuerrier, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 371; R. v. J.A., 2011 SCC 28, [2011] 2 S.C.R. 440; R. v. Mack......
  • R. v. Barton
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 24, 2019
    ...APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Fraser C.J. and Watson and Martin JJ.A.), 2017 ABCA 216, 55 Alta. L.R. (6th) 1, 38 C.R. (7th) 316, 386 C.R.R. (2d) 104, 354 C.C.C. (3d) 245, [2017] A.J. No. 681 (QL), 2017 CarswellAlta 1167 (WL Can.), setting aside the acquittal of......
  • Consent
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases. Third edition
    • June 7, 2024
    ...accused to use a condom means there was no valid consent. 6 1 RSC 1985, c C-46. 2 R v JA , 2011 SCC 28 at paras 3, 34, 41; R v Barton , 2017 ABCA 216 at paras 182-83; R v Barton , 2019 SCC 33 at para 88; R v Kirkpatrick , 2022 SCC 33 at paras 43-44. 3 R v Makray , [1982] OJ No 195 (QL), 70 ......
  • Evidentiary Issues
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases. Third edition
    • June 7, 2024
    ...ss 276(2), (3). See Chapter 13, Evidence of Other Sexual Activity: Section 276. 306 R v CMG , supra note 298 at para 58. 307 R v Barton , 2017 ABCA 216 at paras 8-9, 106, 159, 161, 312; see also R v Barton , 2019 SCC 33 at para 1; R v CAM , supra note 300 at paras 47-54; R v Wagar , 2015 AB......
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  • R. v. R.V.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 12, 2021
    ...R. v. Plein, 2018 ONCA 748, 365 C.C.C. (3d) 437; R. v. Chase, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 293; R. v. Ewanchuk, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 330; R. v. Barton, 2017 ABCA 216, 55 Alta. L.R. (6th) 1, aff’d 2019 SCC 33; R. v. Cuerrier, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 371; R. v. J.A., 2011 SCC 28, [2011] 2 S.C.R. 440; R. v. Mack......
  • R. v. Barton
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 24, 2019
    ...APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Fraser C.J. and Watson and Martin JJ.A.), 2017 ABCA 216, 55 Alta. L.R. (6th) 1, 38 C.R. (7th) 316, 386 C.R.R. (2d) 104, 354 C.C.C. (3d) 245, [2017] A.J. No. 681 (QL), 2017 CarswellAlta 1167 (WL Can.), setting aside the acquittal of......
  • R v Profeit, 2021 ABCA 379
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • November 23, 2021
    ...2019 SCC 33 at paras 195-210 per Moldaver J and paras 214, 231-236 per Abella J, [2019] 2 SCR 579, following the views of this Court at 2017 ABCA 216, 354 CCC 3d 245. Without more that remains forbidden reasoning here. And without any [146]     Similar defects arise in t......
  • R v Ruiz, 2021 ABCA 208
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • June 3, 2021
    ...As this Court has noted elsewhere, “[c]onduct is not assessed in a freeze frame manner”: R v Barton, 2017 ABCA 216 at para 66, 354 CCC (3d) 245, upheld in part at 2019 SCC 33, 376 CCC (3d) 1. Similarly, albeit in the different context of avoiding regulatory impact on a busines......
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23 books & journal articles
  • Consent
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases. Third edition
    • June 7, 2024
    ...accused to use a condom means there was no valid consent. 6 1 RSC 1985, c C-46. 2 R v JA , 2011 SCC 28 at paras 3, 34, 41; R v Barton , 2017 ABCA 216 at paras 182-83; R v Barton , 2019 SCC 33 at para 88; R v Kirkpatrick , 2022 SCC 33 at paras 43-44. 3 R v Makray , [1982] OJ No 195 (QL), 70 ......
  • Evidentiary Issues
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases. Third edition
    • June 7, 2024
    ...ss 276(2), (3). See Chapter 13, Evidence of Other Sexual Activity: Section 276. 306 R v CMG , supra note 298 at para 58. 307 R v Barton , 2017 ABCA 216 at paras 8-9, 106, 159, 161, 312; see also R v Barton , 2019 SCC 33 at para 1; R v CAM , supra note 300 at paras 47-54; R v Wagar , 2015 AB......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Sovereignty, Restraint, & Guidance. Canadian Criminal Law in the 21st Century
    • June 25, 2019
    ...392 R v Bara (1981), 58 CCC (2d) 243 (BCCA).............................................................................. 454 R v Barton, 2017 ABCA 216, leave to appeal to SCC granted, [2018] SCCA No 387 .............................................................................................
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2020
    ...232 Bartholomew , R v , 2019 ONCA 377 ....................................................... 205 Barton , R v , 2017 ABCA 216 ................... 39, 44, 210, 356, 363, 398-99, 420-21, 424-25, 428-29 Barton , R v , 2019 SCC 33 ....................... 44, 210, 349, 354-57, 359, 363-64, 374,......
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