R. v. Caissie (D.B.), (1999) 214 N.B.R.(2d) 360 (CA)

• Judge: Daigle, C.J.N.B., Ryan and Larlee, JJ.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (New Brunswick)
• Case Date: May 31, 1999
• Jurisdiction: New Brunswick
• Citations: (1999), 214 N.B.R.(2d) 360 (CA);1999 CanLII 13122 (NB CA);214 NBR (2d) 360;138 CCC (3d) 205;[1999] NBJ No 254 (QL)

R. v. Caissie (D.B.) (1999), 214 N.B.R.(2d) 360 (CA);

    214 R.N.-B.(2e) 360; 547 A.P.R. 360

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Temp. Cite: [1999] N.B.R.(2d) TBEd. JN.013

David Blair Caissie (appellant) v. Her Majesty The Queen (respondent)

(35/98/CA)

Indexed As: R. v. Caissie (D.B.)

New Brunswick Court of Appeal

Daigle, C.J.N.B., Ryan and Larlee, JJ.A.

May 31, 1999.

Summary:

Caissie was charged with impaired driving and driving while the concentration of al­cohol in his blood exceeded the legal limit.

The New Brunswick Provincial Court ac­quitted Caissie. The Crown appealed the acquittal on the charge of impaired driving.

The New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench, Trial Division, allowed the appeal and ordered a new trial. Caissie appealed.

The New Brunswick Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and restored the Provin­cial Court verdict.

Civil Rights - Topic 1409

Security of the person - Law enforcement -Motor vehicles - [See Civil Rights - Topic 3603 ].

Civil Rights - Topic 3603

Detention and imprisonment - Detention - What constitutes arbitrary detention - A police officer in a cruiser followed the car driven by the accused unto the latter's property in order "to check the driver's papers" - After asking the accused for his registration and insurance papers, the officer noticed signs of intoxication - The accused was arrested - He provided breath samples - He was charged with impaired driving - The New Brunswick Court of Appeal upheld the acquittal at trial - The court held that there had been no hot pur­suit giving the officer the right to enter private property and therefore: (1) the order to stop was made without lawful authority; (2) the accused had been arbi­trarily detained in violation of the Charter; (3) the evidence was obtained in violation of the right not to be arbitrarily detained; (4) this evidence should be excluded be­cause of its conscriptive nature and it would have been impossible to discover it without violating the Charter.

Civil Rights - Topic 8368

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Denial of rights - Remedies - Exclusion of evidence - [See Civil Rights - Topic 3603 ].

Police - Topic 3108

Powers - Investigation - Power to enter private property - [See Civil Rights - Topic 3603 ].

Police - Topic 3109

Powers - Investigation - Motor vehicles - [See Civil Rights - Topic 3603 ].

Cases Noticed:

R. v. Dedman, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 2; 60 N.R. 34; 11 O.A.C. 241; 46 C.R.(3d) 193; 20 C.C.C.(3d) 97; 34 M.V.R. 1, refd to. [para. 5].

R. v. Hufsky, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 621; 84 N.R. 365; 27 O.A.C. 103; 40 C.C.C.(3d) 398; 63 C.R.(3d) 14; 4 M.V.R.(2d) 170; 32 C.R.R. 193, refd to. [para. 5].

R. v. Ladouceur, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1257; 108 N.R. 171; 40 O.A.C. 1; 77 C.R.(3d) 110; 56 C.C.C.(3d) 22; 21 M.V.R.(2d) 165, refd to. [para. 5].

R. v. Stellato (T.) (1993), 61 O.A.C. 217; 78 C.C.C.(3d) 380 (C.A.), affd. [1994] 2 S.C.R. 478; 168 N.R. 190; 72 O.A.C. 140; 90 C.C.C.(3d) 160, refd to. [para. 5].

R. v. Macooh, [1993] 2 S.C.R. 802; 155 N.R. 44; 141 A.R. 321; 46 W.A.C. 321, dist. [para. 6].

R. v. Montour (T.S.) and Longboat (S.B.) (1994), 150 N.B.R.(2d) 7; 385 A.P.R. 7 (C.A.), revd. [1995] 2 S.C.R. 416; 182 N.R. 154; 163 N.B.R.(2d) 158; 419 A.P.R. 158, refd to. [para. 7].

R. v. Wilson (J.W.), [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1291; 108 N.R. 207; 107 A.R. 321; 56 C.C.C.(3d) 142, refd to. [para. 8].

R. v. Simpson (R.) (1993), 60 O.A.C. 327; 12 O.R.(3d) 182; 79 C.C.C.(3d) 482; 20 C.R.(4th) 1; 14 C.R.R.(2d) 338; 43 M.V.R.(2d) 1 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 8].

R. v. Griffin (J.M.) (1996), 146 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 142; 456 A.P.R. 142; 111 C.C.C.(3d) 490 (Nfld. C.A.), refd to. [para. 8].

R. v. Carson (R.M.) (1998), 207 N.B.R.(2d) 39; 529 A.P.R. 39 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 8].

Eccles v. Bourque et al., [1975] 2 S.C.R. 739; 3 N.R. 259, refd to. [para. 11].

R. v. Landry, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 145; 65 N.R. 161; 14 O.A.C. 241, refd to. [para. 11].

R. v. Lanteigne (E.) (1997), 189 N.B.R.(2d) 235; 482 A.P.R. 235 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15].

R. v. Yebes, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 168; 78 N.R. 351; [1987] 6 W.W.R. 97; 36 C.C.C.(3d) 417; 59 C.R.(3d) 108; 17 B.C.L.R.(2d) 1; 43 D.L.R.(4th) 424, refd to. [para. 15].

R. v. Kokesch, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 3; 121 N.R. 161; [1991] 1 W.W.R. 193; 61 C.C.C.(3d) 207; 1 C.R.(4th) 62; 51 B.C.L.R.(2d) 157; 50 C.R.R. 285, consd. [para. 17].

R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265; 74 N.R. 276; [1987] 3 W.W.R. 699; 56 C.R.(3d) 193; 38 D.L.R.(4th) 508; 33 C.C.C.(3d) 1; 13 B.C.L.R.(2d) 1; 28 C.R.R. 122, refd to. [para. 20].

R. v. Goldhart (W.), [1996] 2 S.C.R. 463; 198 N.R. 321; 92 O.A.C. 161, refd to. [para. 21].

R. v. Stillman (W.W.D.), [1997] 1 S.C.R. 607; 209 N.R. 81; 185 N.B.R.(2d) 1; 472 A.P.R. 1, refd to. [para. 24].

Statutes Noticed:

Canadian Charter of Rights and Free­doms, 1982, sect. 9, sect. 24(2) [para. 6].

Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.N.B. 1973, c. M-17, sect. 15(1)(d) [para. 6].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Salhany, Roger E., Canadian Criminal Procedure (5th Ed. 1989), p. 44 [para. 13].

Counsel:

David J. Plourde, for the appellant;

Michel O. LeBlanc, for the respondent.

This appeal was heard on May 13, 1998, before Daigle, C.J.N.-B., Ryan and Larlee, JJ.A., of the New Brunswick Court of Ap­peal.

The Court of Appeal's decision was deliv­ered on May 31, 1999, by Daigle, C.J.N.B.