R v Brar

JurisdictionAlberta
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeMartin,Schutz,Strekaf
Citation2023 ABCA 63
Date27 February 2023
Docket Number2101-0166A

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4 practice notes
  • R v Dunn
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • July 10, 2024
    ...to dangerous or violent situations may be wrong, and that any sentence imposed in such cases should reflect that understanding: R v Brar, 2023 ABCA 63 at para 37. But it is wrong to think that courts will offer leniency to police officers who abuse their position in the manner that the appe......
  • R v Desylva
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 6, 2025
    ...officers executing a search warrant ( Riahi, Crampton). In others, the accused person was unarmed or submitting to arrest ( R v Brar, 2023 ABCA 63; R v Thomas, 2024 SKKB 189), or was far away from police officers and armed with a weapon, such as a knife, that posed no immediate threat to th......
  • R v Castillo
    • Canada
    • Alberta Court of Justice
    • December 22, 2025
    ...v Walton, 2005 ABCA 81. 80 R v Campbell, 2012 ABQB 466 ( Campbell) at para 37. 81 R v Angstadt, 2015 ABQB 547, para 39. 82 R v Brar, 2023 ABCA 63 at para 83 R v Chahal, 2023 ABPC 32 at para 103, citing R v Welsh, 2012 ABPC 117 at para 104. 84 Supra , note 80, at para 49. 85 R v Mann, 2004 S......
  • R v Brar
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • February 27, 2023
    ...His Majesty the King Respondent and Jasdeep Singh Brar Appellant 2023 ABCA 63 The Court: The Honourable Justice Peter Martin The Honourable Justice Frederica Schutz The Honourable Justice Jo'Anne Strekaf Docket: 2101-0166A Registry: Calgary In the Court of Appeal of Alberta Appeal from......
5 cases
  • R v Dunn
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • July 10, 2024
    ...to dangerous or violent situations may be wrong, and that any sentence imposed in such cases should reflect that understanding: R v Brar, 2023 ABCA 63 at para 37. But it is wrong to think that courts will offer leniency to police officers who abuse their position in the manner that the appe......
  • R v Desylva
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 6, 2025
    ...officers executing a search warrant ( Riahi, Crampton). In others, the accused person was unarmed or submitting to arrest ( R v Brar, 2023 ABCA 63; R v Thomas, 2024 SKKB 189), or was far away from police officers and armed with a weapon, such as a knife, that posed no immediate threat to th......
  • 2025 ABCJ 219
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...v Walton, 2005 ABCA 81. 80 R v Campbell, 2012 ABQB 466 ( Campbell) at para 37. 81 R v Angstadt, 2015 ABQB 547, para 39. 82 R v Brar, 2023 ABCA 63 at para 83 R v Chahal, 2023 ABPC 32 at para 103, citing R v Welsh, 2012 ABPC 117 at para 104. 84 Supra , note 80, at para 49. 85 R v Mann, 2004 S......
  • R v Castillo
    • Canada
    • Alberta Court of Justice
    • December 22, 2025
    ...v Walton, 2005 ABCA 81. 80 R v Campbell, 2012 ABQB 466 ( Campbell) at para 37. 81 R v Angstadt, 2015 ABQB 547, para 39. 82 R v Brar, 2023 ABCA 63 at para 83 R v Chahal, 2023 ABPC 32 at para 103, citing R v Welsh, 2012 ABPC 117 at para 104. 84 Supra , note 80, at para 49. 85 R v Mann, 2004 S......
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